Lapid on Kiryat Arba attack: ‘Terror won’t defeat us, we’ll act with a strong hand’

Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks at the Movement for the Quality of Government conference in Tel Aviv, October 25, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Prime Minister Yair Lapid speaks at the Movement for the Quality of Government conference in Tel Aviv, October 25, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Prime Minister Yair Lapid says he is praying for the Israelis wounded in a shooting attack in Kiryat Arba tonight and hails the Israeli forces who “neutralized” the Palestinian assailant.

In a statement, Lapid says reinforcements will be deployed to the area.

“Terror won’t defeat us, we’ll act with a strong hand,” he vows.

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