Netanyahu, Foreign Ministry send condolences to Russia after plane fire

6 May 2019, 3:13 pm

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Foreign Ministry send condolences to Russia over a plane accident last night in which an airliner burst into flames while making an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, killing at least 40 people.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 11, 2018. (AFP/Pool/Yuri Kadobnov)

“I send condolences to President [Vladimir] Putin and the Russian people for the loss of life in the plane disaster in Moscow,” Netanyahu writes in a statement. “We strengthen the Russian nation at this difficult hour.”

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Emmanuel Nahshon tweets: “Israel expresses its deep condolences following the flight disaster in Moscow and the terrible loss of life. Condolences to the bereaved families and best wishes of recovery to the wounded.”