<p>Australia has asked Israel to provide information about the death of Prisoner X, a jailed Australian-Israeli with links to spy agency Mossad.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Prisoner X - identified by Australian media as Ben Zygier - apparently hanged himself in a prison near Tel Aviv in 2010.<br /><br />Foreign Minister Bob Carr said his department was in a process of compiling a report on the case and has asked Israeli government about some information.<br /><br />"We have asked the Israeli government for a contribution to that report," he was quoted as saying by the Australian Associated Press.<br /><br />"We want to give them an opportunity to submit to us an explanation of how this tragic death came about."<br /><br />Earlier, Carr ordered a review of the Zygier case in a bid to find that enough was being done by Australian consular staff and to identify any potential areas for improvement.<br />'The Australian' report quoted Attorney General Mark Dreyfus as saying he does not see the need for such a review.<br /><br />Dreyfus said that he was confident that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade would get to the bottom of what he described as a "family tragedy".<br /><br />"I haven't seen any need either for such a review to take place within the Attorney-General's department," Dreyfus said.<br /><br />Zygier was arrested by Israeli authorities in February 2010 and was held in a maximum security cell under a false name until he died in December 2010.<br /><br />The Australian government's handling of the Zygier case has come under scrutiny after confusion over who knew about his arrest and detention.</p>
<p>Australia has asked Israel to provide information about the death of Prisoner X, a jailed Australian-Israeli with links to spy agency Mossad.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Prisoner X - identified by Australian media as Ben Zygier - apparently hanged himself in a prison near Tel Aviv in 2010.<br /><br />Foreign Minister Bob Carr said his department was in a process of compiling a report on the case and has asked Israeli government about some information.<br /><br />"We have asked the Israeli government for a contribution to that report," he was quoted as saying by the Australian Associated Press.<br /><br />"We want to give them an opportunity to submit to us an explanation of how this tragic death came about."<br /><br />Earlier, Carr ordered a review of the Zygier case in a bid to find that enough was being done by Australian consular staff and to identify any potential areas for improvement.<br />'The Australian' report quoted Attorney General Mark Dreyfus as saying he does not see the need for such a review.<br /><br />Dreyfus said that he was confident that the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade would get to the bottom of what he described as a "family tragedy".<br /><br />"I haven't seen any need either for such a review to take place within the Attorney-General's department," Dreyfus said.<br /><br />Zygier was arrested by Israeli authorities in February 2010 and was held in a maximum security cell under a false name until he died in December 2010.<br /><br />The Australian government's handling of the Zygier case has come under scrutiny after confusion over who knew about his arrest and detention.</p>