JIsraeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Tuesday expressed concern over Egyptian objections to an Israeli documentary film, which allegedly reflected Israeli killing of Egyptian prisoners in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

According to a statement issued by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Livni told her Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Aboul Gheit during their meeting in Brussels in the day that "certain elements in Egypt are misrepresenting the documentary film."

Livni said in the statement that Israel is concerned that some had misrepresented the document "without checking the facts or substantiating what actually happened" and "with the intent of sabotaging our two countries' relationship."

Livni clarified in the document that the content of the film is not about Israeli killing of Egyptian prisoners, but rather the death of soldiers during the battle.

Livni also asked Gheit to placate the discontent in Egypt sparked by the film.

A copy of the film and a textual copy of the narration will be forwarded to Gheit, the statement added.

Egyptians were outraged by the Israeli documentary film aired last week on an Israeli public TV, which said that an army unit led by Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, now Israel's infrastructure minister, may have killed 250 prisoners of war (POW) in Sinai rather than transferring them to POW camps during the 1967 war.

On Sunday, Egypt summoned Israeli ambassador to protest against the documentary. Egypt's foreign minister Gheit also urged Israel on Tuesday to probe the allegations.

Meanwhile, a group of Egyptian People's Assembly members (lower house of parliament) on Tuesday urged Israel to take actions to punish those involved in the alleged killing.

Source: Xinhua