On Tuesday evening, Israeli Channel 12 reported that a Jewish businessman was killed in Egypt, “apparently on a nationalist grounds.”

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that the Israeli Foreign Ministry is following up on the case of the killing of the Jewish businessman in Egypt.

Channel 12 reported that Jewish businessman Zeev Kiefer, who holds Canadian citizenship and works in the field of exporting vegetables and fruits, was killed on grounds believed to be nationalistic, by gunfire while he was riding in a vehicle in the Smouha area of Alexandria.

Channel 13 said that the Israeli businessman who was killed in Alexandria held a Canadian passport.