In Serbia, Herzog mourns death of soldiers in Gaza: ‘Families whose worlds were destroyed in an instant’

After meeting Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić in Serbia, President Isaac Herzog says it is a “difficult and painful morning for Israel, in which precious and beloved sons fell in battle, leaving behind families whose worlds were destroyed in an instant.”

Two soldiers were killed and several were injured when an Israeli Air Force helicopter crashed in the southern Gaza Strip early Wednesday, in what the military described as an accident.

“In the name of the entire nation, I send strength to the IDF soldiers and their commanders at this difficult time, and especially the women and men of the Air Force, who are working to protect the people and the homeland both near and far,” he says.

Herzog also “strongly condemns” the apparent ramming attack in the West Bank by a Palestinian driver of a fuel tanker in which a man was critically injured.

“I call from here, to the leaders of Europe and the whole world in general, to mobilize and fight together against terrorism,” he says.