Netanyahu issues condolences to US troops killed in drone strike 2 days ago

Two days after they were killed in a drone strike blamed on Iran-backed militias, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues a statement mourning the deaths of three American soldiers.

Netanyahu notes the three troops were taking part in operations against the Islamic State jihadist group, which he links to Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas.

“As Israel pursues total victory over Hamas-ISIS, we remember that we face a common enemy and that we are fighting a common battle of civilization against barbarism,” he writes on X, formerly Twitter. “May the memory of Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett be a blessing.”