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Israel sends condolence letter to Turkey

21 August 2016, 8:45 pm
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Israel sends condolences to Turkey over the deadly wedding bombing that killed 51 people late Saturday.

“Israel expresses its condolences to the families of the victims in the city Gaziantep and Turkey and sends its best wishes to the injured,” a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says. “To defeat terrorism the international community must join forces and fight forcefully and with determination.”

Turkish police work near the explosion scene following a late night attack on a wedding party that left at least 50 dead in Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border on August 21, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / AHMED DEEP)
Turkish police work near the explosion scene following a late night attack on a wedding party that left at least 50 dead in Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border on August 21, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / AHMED DEEP)

The explosion was the latest attack to rock the key NATO member in a horrific year that has seen strikes blamed on Kurdish and Islamist militants as well as a bloody July 15 botched coup.

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