Czech citizen among victims of Hamas attack in Israel

A 22-year-old Czech man was among the victims of Hamas' attack on Israel the Saturday before last, news site Novinky.cz reported on Wednesday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Daniel Drake has confirmed the news, adding that the man was a Czech-Israeli dual citizen who was visiting his girlfriend in Israel and was killed in an attack in kibbutz Nirim.

Dozens of people from several other foreign countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Argentina, Brazil and Thailand, have also lost their lives in the Hamas attack and the subsequent shelling by Israel of the Gaza Strip.