Israeli tourists among victims of Istanbul terror attack 19 March 2016
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Israeli tourists among victims of Istanbul terror

  • 3/21/2016
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    Three Israeli tourists killed, 10 wounded in ‪‎the Istanbul terror attack. PM Netanyahu: "The key to the moral fight against terrorism is to make it clear that terrorism, the murder of innocents, has no justification anywhere - not in Istanbul or the Ivory Coast or Jerusalem."
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    ​​Three Israeli tourists were killed and 10 wounded just before 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 29, 2016, when a suicide bomber detonated himself on Istiklal Street, a pedestrian avenue in the heart of Istanbul. The fourth victim killed in the attack was identified by Turkish officials as an Iranian national. The Israelis have been identified as Simha Damri, 60, Yonatan Suher, 40, and Avraham Goldman, 69. The U.S. State Department confirmed that Suher and Goldman were American citizens.

     

    PM Netanyahu (Sunday, 20 March 2016) said at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting:

     

    "I would like to send condolences to the families of those who were murdered in Turkey and wishes for recovery to the wounded. An air force plane with an IDF delegation left for Istanbul this morning to bring the wounded, and the coffins of the murdered, back to Israel.

    I would like to commend the Foreign Ministry personnel for their dedicated and professional work in both Istanbul and Jerusalem.

    Terrorism sows death around the world. Israel is at the forefront of the fight against global terrorism. This struggle is first of all military, but no less is it a moral struggle. The key to the moral fight against terrorism is to make it clear that terrorism, the murder of innocents, has no justification anywhere - not in Istanbul or the Ivory Coast or Jerusalem. Whoever does not condemn terrorism, supports terrorism."