Israel Offers Condolences For Egypt Church Attacks
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The attacks came on Palm Sunday and a week before the Coptic observance of Easter. Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Egypt later this month. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks.
“Israel sends condolences to the families of those murdered in the attack in Egypt and wishes for recovery for the injured,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. “The world must unite and fight terrorism everywhere.”
At least 25 people were killed and 60 injured in a bombing Sunday morning at the Coptic church in Tanta, located north of Cairo. Hours later, a suicide bomber killed at least 11 people and injured 25 in front of a church in Alexandria, according to reports.
Following the first attack, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said in a statement: “Terror doesn’t stop in Stockholm, St. Petersburg, Berlin, London or Jerusalem. Today’s terror attack near Cairo reminds us that Egypt too is under attack.”
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