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* Officer Taha Mohamed Ibrahim, 22, of [[Helwan]]<ref name=autogenerated3 /><ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/08/201182153735560570.html]</ref>
* Officer Taha Mohamed Ibrahim, 22, of [[Helwan]]<ref name=autogenerated3 /><ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/08/201182153735560570.html]</ref>
* Ahmed Galal Mohamed, of [[Assiut]]<ref>[http://www.damatsoft.com/دماط-عام/صورة-النقيب-شرطة-أحمد-جلال-محمد-10155.html صورة النقيب شرطة أحمد جلال محمد | دماط عام | دماط سوفت - دماط سوفت قرية دماط قطور غربيه]</ref><ref name=autogenerated2 />
* Ahmed Galal Mohamed, of [[Assiut]]<ref>[http://www.damatsoft.com/دماط-عام/صورة-النقيب-شرطة-أحمد-جلال-محمد-10155.html صورة النقيب شرطة أحمد جلال محمد | دماط عام | دماط سوفت - دماط سوفت قرية دماط قطور غربيه]</ref><ref name=autogenerated2 />
* Ahmed Mohamed Abu Esa<ref name=autogenerated2 />, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber.<ref>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111034,00.html Egyptian soldiers killed as bomb explodes near border</ref>
* Ahmed Mohamed Abu Esa<ref name=autogenerated2 />, killed by a suicide bomber.<ref>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111034,00.html Egyptian soldiers killed as bomb explodes near border</ref>
* Emad Abdel Malak<ref name=autogenerated2 />, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber.<ref>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111034,00.html Egyptian soldiers killed as bomb explodes near border</ref>
* Emad Abdel Malak<ref name=autogenerated2 />, killed by a suicide bomber.<ref>http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4111034,00.html Egyptian soldiers killed as bomb explodes near border</ref>


; Palestinian attackers
; Militant attackers
* Three Palestinian militants killed by Israeli soldiers.<ref name="jpost4" />
* Three militants killed by Israeli soldiers.<ref name="jpost4" />
* Two unnamed Palestinian militants killed by Egyptian forces. <ref name=avi1>{{cite news|last=Issacharoff|first=Avi|title=Israel Air Force bombs Gaza following deadly terror attack, killing four PRC activists|url=http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/israel-air-force-bombs-gaza-following-deadly-terror-attack-killing-four-prc-activists-1.379565?trailingPath=2.169,2.216,2.217,|accessdate=22 August 2011|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref>
* Two unnamed militants killed by Egyptian forces. <ref name=avi1>{{cite news|last=Issacharoff|first=Avi|title=Israel Air Force bombs Gaza following deadly terror attack, killing four PRC activists|url=http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/israel-air-force-bombs-gaza-following-deadly-terror-attack-killing-four-prc-activists-1.379565?trailingPath=2.169,2.216,2.217,|accessdate=22 August 2011|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref>
* One Palestinian suicide bomber killed by his own device.<ref name="jpost4" />
* One suicide bomber killed by his own device.<ref name="jpost4" />


===Responsibility===
===Responsibility===

Revision as of 15:36, 25 August 2011

File:2011 israel bus attack.jpg
Egged bus line No. 392 after the incident

On August 18, 2011, a series of cross-border attacks, by a squad of 12 militants[1] assumed to be Palestinian and Egyptian, was carried out in southern Israel near the Egyptian border.[2] The initial attacks sparked several days of clashes between Israel and Palestinian militant groups that resulted in substantial casualties to both sides.

The militants first opened fire at a civilian Egged No. 392 bus as it was traveling on Highway 12 near Eilat.[3][4] Several minutes later, a bomb was detonated next to an Israeli army patrol along Israel's border with Egypt. In a third attack, an anti-tank missile hit a private vehicle, killing four civilians.[5] Eight Israelis—six civilians, one Yamam police officer and one Golani Brigade soldier—were killed in the multiple-stage attack.[6][7] The IDF reported eight attackers killed, and Egyptian security forces reported killing another two.[1]

Five Egyptian soldiers were also killed. According to Egypt they were killed in an Israeli air strike, while Israel said that the terrorists purposefully opened fire near Egyptian positions in attempt to cause a military escalation. According to initial reports the deaths led Egypt to threaten to withdraw its ambassador to Israel, however Egypt's foreign minister later denied this.[1] Israel expressed regret over the deaths and ordered the Israel Defense Forces to conduct a military probe of the incident.[8][9][10] Egypt is aware of the possibility that some Egyptian soldiers had been involved in the shooting at Israelis.[1]

So far no group took responsibility for the attacks, but the Israeli government accused the Popular Resistance Committees, a coalition of Palestinian militant groups, of orchestrating the attacks.[11] Immediately following the attacks, the Israeli government attacked seven targets in the Gaza Strip, killing six Palestinians;[12] by Monday the number of Palestinians killed in retaliatory Israeli strikes had risen to fourteen.[13]

Background

The southern part of Highway 12 runs adjacent to Israel's border with Egypt. It was the scene of previous shooting attacks in the 1990s.[citation needed] In the late 2000s, the Israeli government decided to build the Israel–Egypt barrier, although by 2011 only 10% of it had been completed, none close to the site of the attack.[14]

Two days prior to the attack, the Egyptian army captured four Islamist insurgents as they prepared to blow up a gas pipeline in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula.[15]

On August 14, 2011, just days before the attack, Egyptian forces swept the Sinai Peninsula in search of terror cells.[16] Israeli intelligence, supported by their Jordanian counterparts, had information about an impending terror attack in the south of the country.[17] Israeli special forces, including elite counter-terror forces, were therefore already stationed in the area.[18]

The attacks and the following armed battle

August 18th cross-border attacks

2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks
Part of Israeli–Palestinian conflict

Site of the attacks
LocationNear the Ein Netafim spring, on Highway 12, Southern Israel
Coordinates29°35′8.52″N 34°52′52.96″E / 29.5857000°N 34.8813778°E / 29.5857000; 34.8813778
DateAugust 18, 2011 (2011-08-18)
Attack type
Mass murder, spree killing, shooting attack, bombings, rocket attack, suicide bombing[19]
WeaponsAK-47 rifles, RPGs, anti-tank missile, roadside bomb
Deaths6 Israeli civilians, 1 Israeli soldier, 1 Israeli Yamam policeman, 5 Egyptian soldiers, 10 attackers[1]
Injured40 Israelis[20]
PerpetratorsIsrael has stated that the attacks were orchestrated by the Popular Resistance Committees. United States government intelligence reports Popular Resistance Committee or Al-Qaeda linked Army of Islam.[21] responsible for the attacks.[22] Egyptian sources report that three of the attackers were Sinai-based Egyptians[1][23]

The original attacks occurred in three coordinated stages.[5] The attacks commenced around 12:00 pm (UTC+2) when three armed militants with suicide bomb vests, grenades, RPGs, and machine guns opened fire on a bus, then went northwards and opened fire on a civilian vehicle and an Egged passenger bus on line 392, that usually carries mostly soldiers but was also carrying some civilians,[24] near the Ein Netafim spring, on Highway 12 from Mitzpe Ramon to Eilat.[5]

Egypt-Israel border north of Eilat near where the attacks took place. Sinai is on the left, Israel on the right.

According to eyewitnesses, a white car was following the bus, and a group of people dressed as soldiers got out and opened fire on the bus. Fourteen people were injured in the attack. The bus driver, Benny Belevsky, did not stop the bus and instead sped away.[25] The bus stopped at an IDF post near the Netafim Border Crossing.

The militants then spread out about an area 12km long began attacking passing vehicles, dressed in brown uniforms resembling those of the Egyptian military. They also waved white handkerchiefs to fool motorists, pretending to come in peace.[1]

One of the militants attacked an empty bus that drove by and detonated the bomb belt he was carrying, killing himself and the bus driver. Another militant opened fire at a passing car and killed the female driver. The same militant then fired an RPG at an IAF helicopter, but missed. An IDF jeep from the Golani Brigade then arrived at the scene and ran over the militant, killing him.[7]

The second stage took place several minutes later on Route 12 near the border with Egypt. A second IDF jeep ran over a roadside bomb and as the soldiers got out, the surviving militants opened fire at them. One Israeli soldier, 22 year old St.-Sgt. Moshe Naftali, was killed.[26] Several[vague] of the soldiers were injured. More shots were then fired by militants within Egypt. IDF soldiers returned fire, briefly crossing the border and killing two militants. The Egyptian military informed the IDF that its soldiers also killed two terrorists in the Sinai.[7]

In the third attack, which occurred around 12:40, mortar shells exploded near a civilian vehicle which was carrying a team maintaining the security fence constructed along the border between Israel and Egypt. No one was hurt in the attack.[citation needed]

Around 13:30, not far from the first shooting incident, militants opened fire (including an anti-tank missile) at a bus and private car on route 90, a desert road near the border with Jordan. According to medics, four civilians were killed in this attack, along with another individual.[4] Eyewitnesses suggested that some of the attackers may have been wearing Egyptian army uniforms.[27]

Around 18:30, a briefing by the Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak and the Israeli Chief of Staff Benny Gantz, was cut short by news of the injury of an Israeli soldier by shots fired across the Egyptian border.[28][29]

Immediate armed battle between militants and Israeli security forces

Israeli forces began pursuing the perpetrators soon after the attack and locked down the area. In a joint operation between the IDF and Shin Bet, soldiers were brought to the site and located the militants about 20 kilometers north of Eilat. Golani Brigade troops came under fire after rushing to aid wounded civilians after the attack on the second bus. A long exchange of fire ended with the killing of seven of the perpetrators and one Israeli soldier.[30] According to Tal Russo, the head of the army's southern command, two of the perpetrators were shot dead in Israeli territory, while a third blew himself up with explosives strapped to his body. Two more of the perpetrators were shot by Israeli forces firing into the Egyptian side of the border and two others were shot by Egyptian forces.[4]

Hours after the unknown armed militants ambushed the Israeli bus[31] IDF forces clashed with militants inside Israel near the Israeli-Egyptian border.[citation needed] Five Egyptian soldiers, including an officer were killed and several wounded as a result of the gunfire.[32] These deaths triggered a diplomatic row between the two countries.[33]

As a result of the continuation of the event, IDF forces conducted searches through the surrounding area of Eilat and the Israeli–Egyptian border out of concern that there might be more militants hiding in the area. The Israeli security forces have estimated that it is possible that there were as many as 20 militants in the surrounding area, both in Israel and on the Egyptian side of the border.[18][5]

Following the attack, all roads to and from Eilat were sealed off and operations at Ovda Airport were suspended. Roadblocks were set up at the entrance to the city of Eilat. Magen David Adom (Israel's national emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service) raised its alert level and began preparing teams of paramedics and medical equipment. Eilat police deployed a large number of security forces and a police war room was opened at the Yoseftal Medical Center. Seven of the 29 injured people who were brought to the Yoseftal Medical Center were later transferred to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba.[17] The police asked the public to expect roadblocks at the entrance to Eilat amidst a heavy police presence in the city; however later in the day they added that no security incidents were under way in either Eilat or Beersheba despite calling for public vigilance and for the public-at-large to contact police in case of any suspicious individuals or items.[34]

Fatalities

See also: Israeli casualties of war
Israeli civilian fatalities
Fatalities among Israeli Military and police forces that responded to the attacks
Egyptian soldiers
Militant attackers
  • Three militants killed by Israeli soldiers.[7]
  • Two unnamed militants killed by Egyptian forces. [47]
  • One suicide bomber killed by his own device.[7]

Responsibility

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.[27]. Nevertheless, Israel has stated that it possesses evidence that indicate that the attacks were orchestrated by the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) in Gaza.[18][4]

Hamas, which governs Gaza, denied involvement.[48] Sky News quoted Hamas spokesman Taher al-Nunu as saying: "The Palestinian government denies the accusations made by Barak about the operation in Eilat and affirms that there is no relation between the Gaza Strip and what happened near Eilat."[49] Hamas did, however, "praise" the attack. [50]

The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) also has denied any involvement in the attack, though they praised it. According to PRC spokesman,"The occupation wants to pin this operation on us in order to escape its own internal problems".[51]

Israeli retaliation in the Gaza Strip

Main article: August 2011 Gaza Strip air raids
August 2011 Gaza Strip air raids
Part of Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Date19 August-present
Location
Southern Gaza Strip
Belligerents
Israel Israel (IDF, ISA) Hamas
State of Palestine Popular Resistance Committees
Commanders and leaders
Benny Gantz (C-in-C)
Ido Nehoshtan (Air Force)
Yoram Cohen (Shin Bet)		 Ismail Haniyah
Kamal al-Nairab (KIA)
Immad Hammad (KIA)
Casualties and losses
8 civilians killed, dozens injured[citation needed] 14 Palestinians killed including at least 6 militants; "scores" injured[52][53]

Hamas were reported to have begun evacuating their facilities in anticipation of retaliatory air strikes.[27]

The Israeli Air Force, working with Shin Bet,[4] bombed the homes of The Popular Resistance Committees' members in Rafah. Among the dead as identified by the group were their commander, Kamal al-Nairab and their military chief, Immad Hammad,[54] and at least two more top members of the group and another member.[4] The airstrike occurred in the southern Gaza Strip, close to the Egyptian border.[55][56] The PRC responded to the attacks in saying that it vows "double" revenge for the attack.[4]

The Israeli Air Force bombed two tunnels and one warehouse used for manufacturing weapons in southern Gaza and one site used for militant activities. The tunnels had been used to allow assailants to infiltrate Israel and carry out attacks according to a statement released by the IDF spokesperson. The IAF identified direct hits, and all aircraft returned to Israel safely.[57]

Six Palestinians, including one child, were killed in an airstrike by the IAF as the military continued to hunt for terrorists in the Gaza Strip.[12] Samed Abdul Mu'ty Abed, a senior PRC member, was killed in an airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip. The man was riding a motorcycle at the time of the strike, according to multiple Palestinian reports. Ma'an News Agency reported a total of 14 Palestinian deaths, including the PRC members, since the attacks on Israel a day before, and "scores" of injured.[13][58]

Fatalities of air strikes

Palestinians
  • Five PRC militants, killed in an airstrike in Southern Gaza, including PRC leaders Khaled Sha’ath, Emad Hammad, and Emad Nasr.[59][13]
  • Sha'ath's two-year-old son Malek, killed in the same home in the airstrike.[60]
  • Samed Abdul Mu'ty Abed, 25, a senior PRC militant, killed "while he was riding a motorcycle in the north"[13][47]
  • An airstrike in central Gaza targeting a car killed three unnamed family members: a Palestinian militant, his 5 year old son, Islam Greagea, age 5, and his brother, a physician.[13][61]
  • Two Palestinians killed in a drone strike near the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip[13]
  • Muhammad Enayeh, 22[13]

Subsequent related events

After the Israeli Army attacked seven targets in the Gaza Strip, two rockets fired from Gaza landed in a courtyard of a Yeshiva in Ashdod, wounding 10 Israelis.[62][63] The buildings were lightly damaged in the attack, an Al Qaeda branch Abdullah Azzam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack [64]. Earlier, at least 10 rockets were fired into southern Israel, hitting the cities of Ashkelon and Beersheba. No injuries were reported.[65]

Suicide bombers thought to belong to the Popular Resistance Committee killed several Egyptian soldiers on the Egyptian side of the border with Israel near the near Philadelphia Route crossing. Security officials said that the suicide bomber was thought to belong to the Popular Resistance Committees. In a separate incident one day prior, two Egyptian security personnel were killed during an IDF attack on Gazan militants along the Egyptian-Israeli border, an Egyptian army official told Reuters.[66]

August 21st rocket attacks
Part of Israeli–Palestinian conflict
LocationBeersheba, Ashdod, Ofakim
DateAugust 21-present, 2011
Attack type
rocket attack
Deaths1 Israeli civilian killed
Injured5 Israeli civilians[67] and 3 Palestinian workers
PerpetratorsPRC, Hamas[68]

Over 80 rockets launched from Gaza hit cities in Israel, killing one Israeli and wounding over a dozen.[69] The Lachish subdistrict was hit with 28 rockets and the Negev subdistrict was hit with nine rockets. Four Israelis from Bnei Shimon Regional Council were injured while running for shelter in Beersheba. Three Palestinians working in Israel were injured by Grad rockets after they exploded in a field in southern Ashdod. Vehicles and homes were damaged by rockets in Israeli cities near Gaza.[70][71]

A grad rocket exploded near the coastal city of Ashkelon in the night, though no injuries or damage were reported. It is unknown whether the rocket was intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome rocket defense system, though it was confirmed that a second rocket was intercepted.[72]

On Friday, August 19, 2011, a move in the United Nations Security Council to condemn the attacks was prevented by Lebanon. Official sources have stated that Lebanon opposed the use of the term "terrorism", as Lebanon said one of the buses was carrying Israeli soldiers. The Israeli ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor, said that it is outrageous that the Security Council did not clearly condemn the "murder of many innocent Israeli civilians"[73], and stated that Lebanon is itself "a state controlled by a terrorist organization", referring to Hezbollah.[74]

Egypt said it would recall its ambassador in Israel but as of August 21 it was unclear if the ambassador had actually returned home and a strongly-worded initial statement announcing his withdrawal was removed from a government website.[75]

On August 21st, an additional 12 rockets were fired at Israel. Three were intercepted by the Iron Dome Defense System in Ashkelon. One of the rockets hit an empty high school building in Beersheba. No one was in the school because "the city had canceled educational activities in light of the missile attacks that Palestinians in Gaza have been launching against the south in the last few days" according to Beersheba deputy mayor Heftziba Zohar. Later that night, a missile killed a dog.[76] [77][78]

A barrages of rockets were fired at Beersheba and Ashkelon, half were intercepted by Iron Dome. Mortar shells fired at the farming community of Eshkol Regional Council contained phosphorous, which is designed to create a more intense fire after detonation.[79] 40 rockets were fired on Sunday.[80] A three-month old baby was injured when a car caught fire after two rockets were fired at Ashkelon.[81]

The Arab League is to hold an emergency meeting on the Gaza attacks on August 21.[82]

In Cairo, an Egyptian carpenter scaled the 20 story skyscraper where the Israeli Embassy to Egypt is housed and took down the Israeli flag, replacing it with an Egyptian flag. After climbing back down the outside of the building, the flag was burned by protesters.[citation needed]

Additional Fatalities

Israelis
  • 1 Israeli civilian killed in Beer Sheva by a Grad rocket, fired from Gaza.[61]
Palestinians
  • Mahmoud Abu Samra, 13, killed when a Palestinian Grad rocket, fired by a Palestinian faction fell short.[61]

Official reactions

Involved parties

 Israel:

  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that this was a "serious incident in which Israeli citizens were hurt and the country's sovereignty was harmed."[83][84]
  • Defense Minister Ehud Barak stated "this is a grave terrorist incident in a number of locations. The incident reflects the weakness of Egypt's hold over Sinai and the spread of terrorist elements."[85] He also blamed the attacks on Gazans and pledged that Israel will respond. "The source of the terror incidents is Gaza and we will act against them with all our strength and determination."[86]
  • President Shimon Peres said "The series of severe terror events are an attempt by terror organizations to murder innocent civilians within Israel, and to disrupt our lives"[87]

 Palestinian territories:

  • Palestinian Authority Chief-negotiator Saeb Erekat stated "Israel stands warned of any possible aggressive action or collective punishment measures against the Palestinian population in Gaza." Erekat stated that the Palestinian Authority is "against violence in all its forms," however, he added that such attacks should not be used by Israel as "a pretext for aggression."
  • Hamas denied responsibility for the attacks but praised the attacks "...since they were against soldiers."[88] Hamas warned Israel not to attack the Gaza Strip, following a statement by Defense Minister Ehud Barak that the IDF would strike back at the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza following a deadly triple terror attack. Hamas evacuated its command centers and sent senior commanders into hiding in anticipation of an IDF response.[89]
  • Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) spokesperson praised the attacks but said his group does not take any responsibility for launching it: "The occupation wants to pin this operation on us in order to escape its own internal problems."[90]
  • Tawheed and Jihad, an al-Qaeda-linked group in the Gaza Strip, praised the attacks and said the "Jewish state should expect more." Over the internet, the group said "We in the Tawheed and Jihad group bless these blessed arms that pounded the fortifications of the vendetta-filled Jewish enemy in the so-called Eilat area in southern occupied Palestine."[91][92]

 Egypt:

  • Egyptian sources stated that it was unlikely that the attack had come from Egyptian territory.[15] Egypt also recalled its ambassador to Israel over the killing of its five security members near the countries' shared southern border.[9] Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak expressed regret over the deaths of the Egyptian soldiers and ordered the IDF to conduct a military probe of the incident, and defense officials said it would likely be a joint probe with the participation of the Egyptian military.[8]
Supranational
  •  United Nations – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday strongly condemned the attack but called for restraint. According to a UN statement, "the secretary-general hopes that the perpetrators are swiftly identified and brought to justice. He is concerned at the risk of escalation and calls for all to act with restraint."[93] Lebanon blocked the condemnation of the attacks in the security council, objecting to the use of term "terrorism" because the attacks targeted Israeli soldiers[94]
  •  European Union – EU Chief Catherine Ashton condemned the attacks, and said "I have learned with deep concern of the series of terrorist attacks that has taken place in Southern Israel today, including against civilian targets, and in which several Israelis are reported to have lost their lives and many more to have been injured. I condemn unreservedly all such acts of terror, extend my condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in these attacks and express my wishes for a full and speedy recovery to the injured."[95][96]
International
  •  Bulgaria – The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry condemned the attacks, saying: "We express our sincere condolences to the relatives of all victims. We are convinced that violence and terrorism cannot bring peace to the Middle East. Such acts do not help the efforts of the international community to bring the participants in the Middle East peace process back to the negotiations table."[97]
  •  Canada – Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird condemned the attacks, saying: “Canada condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in southern Israel today. These cowardly attacks, particularly on civilian targets, are abhorrent and criminal. On behalf of all Canadians, I send my heartfelt condolences to those affected by today’s vicious attacks.” Furthermore, Baird said: "“Israel has a right to defend itself against such terrorist acts in conformity with international humanitarian law. Those responsible for these horrific attacks must be held accountable.”[98]
  •  Costa Rica – The Ministry of Foreign Relations published an article condemning the attack, communicating its condolences to the people of Israel, specially to the victims and families of the murdered. The article stated that Costa Rica, as a peace loving country, respectful of all human rights, expresses its most energetic disapproval of any kind of violence or terrorist attacks, regardless of the motives behind it.[99]
  •  Germany – Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle also condemned the attacks saying: "At this difficult hour we stand by the side of our Israeli friends. Those responsible must be prosecuted. Terror and violence must not be allowed to torpedo peace and negotiation efforts in the Middle East."[100]
  •  Italy – Italian Foreign Affairs Minister, Franco Frattini, condemned the "barbaric" attacks on southern Israel and warned the international community to prevent more such attacks due to the unrest in the Arab world. He said: "I would like to express my condolences and closeness to the Israeli people and government for the loss of life in the barbaric attacks today."[101]
  •  Netherlands – The Dutch Foreign Ministry condemned the attacks "in the strongest terms."[102]
  •  Norway – Norwegian foreign minister Jonas Gahr Støre "condemned in the strongest possible terms" the acts of terror, adding that Norway condemns all use of terror[103]
  •  United Kingdom – Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt said that "I condemn these appalling and senseless acts of violence. As efforts for peace in the region continue, this brutality has no place, nor its perpetrators any excuse. My thoughts and prayers are with those killed and injured and I offer sincere condolences to their families and friends."
  •  USA – The State Department condemned the attacks "in the strongest terms," calling the attack "brutal and cowardly." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said "We hope that those involved in the planning of these gruesome attacks will be brought to swift justice. We stand by Israel as our friend, partner, and ally – now and always."[104] She also added that "This violence only underscores our strong concerns about the security situation in the Sinai Peninsula. Recent commitments by the Egyptian government to address the security situation in the Sinai are important and we urge the Egyptian government to find a lasting resolution."[105]
  •  Russia - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke with Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman by telephone. Lavrov expressed his condolences over the terrorist attacks in southern Israel. He condemned this extremist act, and "reaffirmed the immutable position of Russia that there can be no justification for terror or for those who use it as means to achieve their ends". He also said that "despite the gravity of the crime, it is necessary to exercise restraint and to avoid retaliatory steps from which innocent people may suffer".[106]

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