The laplace of the integral of Green's function

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Let $G(\mathbf{x}, \mathbf r)$ be the Green’s function of the Dirichlet problem in a bounded normal domain $\Omega$ . Set $$u(\mathbf r) = \int_{\Omega} G(\mathbf x, \mathbf r) d^3x.$$Prove that $\Delta u(\mathbf r) = −1 $ for $\mathbf r ∈ \Omega$.

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Note that the Laplacian is with respect to $r$, while the integral is with respect to $x$, so the Laplacian moves straight in:

$$\Delta_r u = \int_{\Omega} \Delta_rG(x,r)\,d^3x$$

Can you take it from there? What's the definition of the Green's function?

(As a side note, a word of warning: the definition of the Green's function that I assume you must be using is not universally standard; depending on conventions you might get +1 instead of -1.)