A Bangladeshi migrant worker was killed in an Israeli missile strike in Lebanon, the Bangladesh mission in Beirut confirmed on Friday.
Embassy officials said that the deceased, Dipali, daughter of Sheikh Mofazzal, was a resident of Char Salehpur at Charbhadrasan upazila in Faridpur.
In a social media post, the Bangladesh embassy in Beirut said that Dipali died on Wednesday after an Israeli missile hit the residence of her recruiter in Hamla area.
Quoting neighbours, the embassy said that several members of the recruiter’s family, including the head of the household, were also killed in the attack.
The body of the deceased has been kept at Rafique Hariri Hospital in Beirut, and the embassy is in contact with local authorities to complete necessary formalities and arrange further steps.
With the latest incident, at least seven Bangladesh nationals have been killed so far in the ongoing Middle East conflict that began on February 28 when the United States and Iran launched coordinated attacks on Iran.
According to official data from Bangladesh missions abroad and the expatriates’ welfare ministry, two Bangladeshis were killed in the United Arab Emirates, three in Saudi Arabia and one each in Bahrain and Lebanon.
Except for the latest incident, all other Bangladeshi migrants reportedly died in retaliatory strikes from Iran.
The latest death in Lebanon was reported despite a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States that took effect early Wednesday, temporarily halting the 40-day conflict.
The current war has left several hundred people dead and thousands injured in the region.
Millions of migrant workers, including a large number of Bangladeshis, live and work in Gulf and Middle Eastern countries, many of them in construction sites, farms and labour camps located near industrial and sensitive zones, making them highly vulnerable as the conflict broke out.
More than 5,000 deaths, mostly in Iran, have been reported so far, while several hundred others were injured in the conflict, according to international media reports.
