A French teacher who worked for twenty years at the French Institute in Gaza died following an illness, due to lack of treatment, due to the “catastrophic health conditions” there, we learned from sources on Friday. diplomatic.
“We learned with deep emotion of the death of Mr. Rami Fayyad, a temporary French teacher who had collaborated for twenty years with the French Institute in Gaza, following an illness,” one of these sources indicated to the 'AFP.
“Due to the catastrophic health conditions in Gaza, he could not be treated appropriately,” she added.
This same source specified that France had mobilized "at all levels for several months", without result, for the Israeli authorities to authorize the evacuation of Mr. Fayyad and that of his family so that he could receive the care in France.
Discomfort at the Quai d'Orsay
“This is the third Palestinian agent to die in Gaza,” lamented the second diplomatic source.
“The discomfort is growing among the agents of the Quai d'Orsay, who want a tribute to be paid to these state agents who tragically disappeared,” she added.
In November, France managed to evacuate around a hundred people - French people, their dependents and agents of the French Institute - but Palestinian agents were forced to stay in the Gaza Strip which was shelled by the army. Israeli in retaliation for the bloody attacks by Hamas in Israel on October 7.
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One of them died in December "as a result of his injuries during an Israeli bombing in Rafah", then indicated the Quai d'Orsay, which had "condemned" this bombing and "demanded that all light be made” on its circumstances.
An agent also lost her life in October, in circumstances which have not been revealed.