An Israeli worker at the Israeli Army Ministry was reportedly shot and killed in southern Israel near the border with Egypt on Tuesday afternoon.
According to Israeli media sources the worker was shot and wounded adjacent to the Egyptian border.
The bullet came from across the border in Egypt the sources said.
Israeli media later reported that after being evacuated by an Israeli air force helicopter to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba the Israeli worker succumbed to his wounds.
The man was doing maintenance work on the border fence when he was shot. According to Israeli news site Ynet he was contracted by the Israeli Army Ministry.
