“The IDF regrets the inconvenience caused,” the Israel Defense Forces said, adding there would be an inquiry and the countries involved would be updated about its findings.
The diplomats included delegates from the EU, France, the U.K., Italy, Canada, Russia, China and elsewhere, according to the Palestinian Authority, which organized the visit.
A spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority’s foreign ministry slammed the incident as a “heinous crime committed by the Israeli occupation forces, which deliberately targeted by live fire an accredited diplomatic delegation.”
Footage of the incident shared by the Palestinian Authority on social media shows members of the delegation running for cover as shots ring through the air.
The incident comes a day after Kallas announced the EU would review its political and economic agreement with Israel over the latter’s military offensive in Gaza and the resulting humanitarian disaster in the besieged coastal enclave.
Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on social media he had summoned the Israeli ambassador to Rome “to obtain official clarifications on what happened in Jenin.”
Elena Giordano contributed to this report.
