BREAKING: American Diplomat Found Dead In Jerusalem

An American diplomat stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has died.

According to the Daily Mail, the deceased diplomat is not the U.S. Ambassador to Israel.

“We can confirm the death of an American employee of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. We have no further details to share,” a spokesperson for the embassy said in a statement, according to Daily Mail.

The U.S. Embassy has launched an investigation of the incident.

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— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) March 4, 2024

“Unnamed American diplomat found dead in their Jerusalem apartment, the American embassy is investigating,” journalist Dimi Reider said.

“(Them not being named is likely bc not all next of kin have been informed. There is also no suggestion of foul play in the tone of reporting so far.),” he added.

(Them not being named is likely bc not all next of kin have been informed. There is also no suggestion of foul play in the tone of reporting so far.)

— Dimi Reider | dimireider.substack.com (@reider) March 4, 2024

Per The Mirror:

An American diplomat has been found dead at an apartment in Jerusalem, according to local reports.

An American employee of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has died, an embassy spokesman confirmed to NBC News. The embassy has not released any other details yet. The Mirror has reached out to the State Department for comment.

Meanwhile, Jerusalem has been the site of continued protests against Benjamin Netanyahu and rallies calling for a hostage deal. On Saturday evening, thousands of people swarmed Jerusalem in the final part of a four-day march, calling for the return of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

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Daily Express added:

The incident comes amid ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas as the war heads into its fifth month.

Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it, a senior US administration official said on Saturday, a day before talks to reach an agreement were to resume in Egypt.

International mediators have been working for weeks to broker a deal to pause the fighting before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins around March 10. A deal would likely allow aid to reach hundreds of thousands of desperate Palestinians in northern Gaza who aid officials worry are under threat of famine.

The Israelis “have more or less accepted” the proposal, which includes the six-week ceasefire as well as the release by Hamas of hostages considered vulnerable, which includes the sick, the wounded, the elderly and women, said the official.

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“Right now, the ball is in the court of Hamas and we are continuing to push this as hard as we possibly can,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House to brief reporters.