Israel Foreign Ministry officials have confirmed there was one Israeli on the Germanwings Airbus that crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday, 4 Nissan.

Eyal Baum, 40, was among the 150 people on board the flight. Ministry officials learned from Baum�s family that he was scheduled to be on board the flight that left from Barcelona, where he lives. He was from Hod HaSharon, Israel.

(YWN � Israel Desk, Jerusalem)