In the city of Alexandria, northern Egypt, a murder occurred, the circumstances and details of which are still shrouded in mystery
The victim, according to some initial reports, is an Israeli businessman
As for the perpetrator, it is believed that it is an unknown group
The beginning was after Egyptian press reports reported the killing of a businessman who held dual Israeli and Canadian citizenship
While passing through the Abis Agricultural Road near the Smouha area in the city of Alexandria, northern Egypt
This is then followed by a brief statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Interior, which did not fail to mention that the victim holds Israeli citizenship.
This is what was reported in which a Canadian businessman residing permanently in the country was involved in a criminal shooting incident in Alexandria.
Legal measures were taken and a research team was formed to uncover the circumstances of the accident
But hours later, social media users circulated a fraudulent statement from an unknown group calling itself
Talaa’ Al-Tahrir, the group of the martyr Mohamed Salah, claimed that it was behind the incident in response to the war in Gaza
While Israeli media contented themselves with referring to the victim as a Jewish businessman
The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation revealed his name as Zev Kiefer, saying in a statement that the incident may have occurred against an extremist nationalist background, as it described it.
This photo of Kefir was published by the I24 website, and the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation added in its statement
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs is examining the matter and it is not yet known whether the victim holds Israeli citizenship in addition to his Canadian citizenship
The Times of Israel quoted the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying that the man owns a company in Egypt
It deals with the incident through Israel's trip to Cairo and investigates its motives
While the Israeli website Waller News confirmed that the dead man actually held Israeli citizenship
Viewers The news team at the BBC office in Cairo contacted the Israeli ambassador there to obtain a response or details about the incident
However, we did not receive a response until the time this episode was broadcast
The Jerusalem Post newspaper said that Kfir's profile on LinkedIn shows that he is the CEO of an avocado export company
It is a frozen vegetable company with office in Ukraine and Israel
This incident, of course, is not the first of its kind
A day after the Hamas attack on the 7th of last October on the towns surrounding Gaza, and the subsequent war on Gaza as well.
Two Israeli tourists were also killed in Alexandria
Media reports at the time stated that a policeman fired his weapon randomly
During the presence of an Israeli tourist group in the Amud Al-Sawari area in the city of Alexandria