Biden offers condolences to Israel’s Bennett after attacks

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem

(Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden offered condolences on Wednesday in a call with Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett a day after a Palestinian gunman killed five people in a Tel Aviv suburb, the latest in a string of fatal attacks, the White House said.

“Biden … express(ed) his deepest condolences following the horrific terrorist attacks that have killed 11 people in three Israeli cities,” the White House said in a statement.

(Reporting by Costas Pitas in Los Angeles; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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