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China on Thursday called for a “full investigation” into warning shots fired by Israeli soldiers at a delegation of diplomats visiting the occupied West Bank, urging Tel Aviv against any “escalatory move.”

“We are closely following the incident. China firmly opposes any move that threatens the safety and security of the diplomatic personnel,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a live-streamed news conference in Beijing.

Beijing “calls for full investigation and efforts to prevent such incidents from happening again,” Mao said.

“China urges relevant sides, especially Israel, not to take any escalatory moves,” she added.

Israeli forces opened fire to intimidate a foreign diplomatic delegation on its arrival at an entrance to the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official told Anadolu on Wednesday. The delegation included a Chinese diplomat.

The incident drew widespread condemnation.

The Israeli military, in a breach of diplomatic norms, opened fire as the delegation of 35 ambassadors, consuls, and diplomats approached the camp, which has been under siege since Jan. 21, said Ahmed al-Deek, an assistant to the Palestinian foreign minister.

Deek, accompanying the group, said the shooting aimed to frighten the delegation and prevent their entry into the camp.