Two Israeli tourists and one Egyptian have been killed this morning by a policeman in Egypt, local media and Israeli authorities have said, as war rages for a second day between the neighbouring country and Hamas.
The policeman fired "at random" at an Israeli tour group visiting Alexandria using "his personal weapon", the state-affiliated private television Extra News said quoting a security source.
A fourth person was wounded and the policeman was "immediately arrested", it added.
The Israeli foreign ministry confirmed the deaths in a statement.
"This morning during a visit of Israeli tourists in Alexandria, Egypt, a local opened fire at them, murdering two Israeli citizens and their Egyptian guide," it reads.
"In addition, there is a wounded Israeli in moderate condition."
The shooting happened one day after an attack against Israel by Islamist group Hamas, for which Israel vowed "mighty vengeance" in response.
Egypt was the first Arab country to forge a peace deal with Israel in 1979, and has long served as a key intermediary between Israel and the Palestinians.
However, despite the diplomatic relations, Israel remains largely unpopular among Egyptians.
In June, three Israeli soldiers were killed in a firefight at the border with Egypt by a member of the Egyptian security forces who crossed the border "in pursuit of drug traffickers", according to the Egyptian army.
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi yesterday warned of a "vicious cycle of tensions threatening regional stability and security".
