Anthony Blinken: Strongly condemns ‘horrific’ attack on Israel

The head of American diplomacy Anthony Blinken strongly condemned the “horrific” an attack that claimed the lives of three people in Greece, in central Israel.

It was a “horrific attack” aimed at innocent men and women, especially at a time when Israel “he was celebrating his independence,” the secretary of state said in a press release issued by his office. USA remain “strongly” on the side of their closest ally in the Middle East.

Greece, where the attack took place – a report: three dead, four wounded – is a suburb of Tel Aviv with a population of 50,000, among the many ultra-Orthodox Jews.

Israeli police have not released any information about the perpetrators or the circumstances of the attack on Thursday (5/5), the day the country was celebrating its 74th anniversary of independence according to the Jewish calendar.

Mr Blinken spoke with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in April to urge them to “end the cycle of violence” amid escalating tensions in the Temple Square, the third holiest site of Islam and the holiest site of Judaism. , known as the Temple Mount in the Jewish tradition.

Source: News Beast

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