The United States “strongly condemns” the attack on Israel

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has strongly condemned the “horrific” attack that claimed the lives of three people in Greece, in central Israel.

It was a “horrific attack on innocent people, men and women, especially at a time when Israel was celebrating its independence,” the secretary of state said in a press release issued by his office, assuring the United States that “the United States remains strong.” 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 so far not released any information about the perpetrators or the circumstances of the attack on Thursday, 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: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

Source: Capital

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