No cause of death was given for the death of the Chinese ambassador, and Tel Aviv police on Sunday said it had opened an investigation.

Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld confirmed that Du was found in the early morning by the envoy’s staff in his home in Herzliya.

He said police were at the scene investigating the circumstances surrounding Du’s death.

Media reports said according to an initial assessment, Du appears to have died of a cardiac arrest, but there was no official confirmation.

Yuval Rotem, Israeli director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said he spoke with China’s deputy ambassador to express condolences and pledged to “help the Chinese embassy with anything they may need along the way”, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.

Du had arrived in occupied lands in February. He had previously served as China’s envoy to Ukraine, according to the embassy’s website.

He is survived by a wife and son, both of whom were not in occupied lands.

The ambassador’s death comes just two days after he condemned comments by visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who denounced Chinese investments in occupied lands and accused China of hiding information about the coronavirus pandemic.

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“The independence of foreign policy, resistance against US expansionist policies, and confronting western countries’ interventions in other countries’ internal affairs are among strategic commonalities between Iran and China,” said Velayati, noting that bilateral ties should be further cemented.

For his part, the Chinese envoy said that Iran is among main countries that cooperate in Belt and Road initiative, hoping that bilateral relations would be further enhanced in areas of various fields.

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