An employee at Israel’s Embassy in Beijing was attacked in unclear circumstances and is hospitalized

By KEN MORITSUGU and JON GAMBRELL
Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — An employee of the Israeli Embassy in Beijing has been attacked and was later hospitalized. That’s according to a statement from Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Friday. It wasn’t immediately clear what sparked the attack, though it comes after Israel had criticized China for its statement that followed Hamas’ unprecedented attack last weekend that sparked the ongoing war in the Middle East between the militant group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, and Israel. The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem issued a statement to journalists, saying the attack did not happen on the embassy’s grounds. China did not immediately acknowledge the attack. The identity of the employee was not made public and no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.