French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said that France's consul to the Gaza Strip, his wife and 13-year-old daughter were injured during an Israeli air strike on Sunday night. Valero told reporters the three were hit by shrapnel at their residence in Gaza, which is located 200 meters from the site of the Israeli missile attack. Without specifying the nature of their injuries, Valero said that "France condemns the consequences of the raid, and while we are all for Israeli security, France recalls the utmost necessity to avoid civilian harm." The raid killed one policeman and wounded four others after Palestinian militants from the coastal territory fired a rocket into southern Israel.
