USAID has announced the death of one of it’s workers on USAID’s West Bank and Gaza mission.
The statement from USAID says that the worker was killed in Jaffa, which is a part of Tel Aviv in Israel, in a “fatal incident”.
The statement notedly does not identify the individual who was killed, nor does it offer any details on how he was killed.
A @USAID staffer was killed in Jaffa yesterday, the agency says.
“He was a dedicated member of our team for more than two decades,” USAID spox says. “We are working with the U.S. Embassy to ascertain further details about this fatal incident and how it will be investigated.” pic.twitter.com/n7kuotmDnm
— Jennifer Hansler (@jmhansler) April 13, 2024
The incident is under investigation.