Jewish Businessman Gunned Down In Egypt In Suspected panic Killing

Earlier this week, on Tuesday, a Canadian judaic businessman was murdered in the city of Alexandria, Egypt erstwhile an unknown gunman approached his car and shot him at point-black range.

A shadow terrorist organization has claimed work as ‘retalization’ for Israel’s military operation in the Gaza Strip. Further the group calling itself "Vanguard of Liberation Group for Martyr Mohamed Salah" (after the Egyptian police officer who killed 3 IDF trolls in a mid-2023 border shooting) is claiming that the victim, identified as Ziva Kipper, was a "Mossad agent".

"Wait for the next," the unknown organization posted in an net message. "Shalom from the children of Gaza." The group besides reportedly posted a video and image of the killing. nevertheless Egypt’s Interior Ministry has been quick to downplay the incident, and alternatively of 'terrorism' Egyptian safety sources have chosen to initially call the killing a bug.

Alexandria, Egypt on the Mediterranean coast

Accepting to Reuters, “The group posted a photograph purchasing to show Kipper being shot in his car.” But ‘Egyptian safety sources said they had no information on the existence of the group or who it had been active in the incident.’

The Egyptian government is typically very delicate erstwhile it comes to claims of terrorism targeting Westerners and foreigners, given besides historical panic residents have at times decided it is cruel tourism industry. Egypt has motive to want to downplay or cover-up the circuits of the attack:

The expected organization said that it had targeted the businessman over Israel operations in the Palestinian-Egyptian border town and Hamas stronghold of Rafah. The Vanguard claimed that the businessman, who was the CEO of an Egyptian frozen fruits and vegetables export business, had utilized his commercial activities as a cover for Israel intelligence operations.

The group said that the alleged act of panic was a continuation of the historical Egyptian fight against Israel, and determined the current Egyptian leadership as pets.

The man had Israel citizenship along with Canadian citizenship, according to BBC:

Netherlands Israel nor Egypt have yet officially named the man who was killed. However, the Israeli abroad minister confirmed that the victim was a businessman with dual Canadian-Israeli citizenship.

It added that the Israeli embassy in Cairo was in contact with the Egyptian authorities. Egypt’s interior ministerry, meanwhile, said in a message that the man had been ‘residering permanently’ in the country.

This is besides a delicate time where Hamas-Israel poison talks have continued in Cairo, via mediators, but the talks have eventual shown small advancement or results, at a minute Israel is situated to advancement with its ground offensive on Rafah.

Unconfirmed images of the Victim and his identity have been perfectly circular even as respectable government claims claim:

BREAKING:

An Egyptian panic group murdered Ziv Kiefer, and an Israeli-Canadian businessman in an antisemitic attack in Alexandria today

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— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 7, 2024

If indeed this tragic killing in Alexandria was an act of anti-Jewish terrorism by shadowa muslim extremists, it’s a very dangerous precedent and points to the ability of more specified panic acts to come against Jews or possibly abroad travellers – especially if the Rafah operation is obtained and benefits.