A body which appears to be that of a missing Israeli Defense Ministry official has been found in a river in northern France, police said on Wednesday.
A police official said an autopsy and tests would be carried out by Thursday to verify whether the dead person was David Dahan, head of the Israeli Defense Ministry Mission to Europe, who disappeared from his Paris home last month.
Dahan, who had replaced his predecesor only in June, was living in France alone while his wife and child remained in Israel. Various sources said he had suffered from depression in the past, following his wife's petition for divorce.
When Dahan was originally reported missing at the end of January, and his empty car found next to the river Seine, police divers were unable to locate a body in the region. Investigators from Paris and Israeli embassy staff were in Rouen at the time, to assist.
The Israeli Defense Ministry Mission buys military equipment in Europe. The mission used to be based in central Paris but was hit by a car bomb in 1982 and is now situated in a suburb.
AFP contributed to this report
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