Netanyahu: Not clear if Istanbul bomber targeted Israelis

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it remains unclear whether the Istanbul bomber had targeted Israelis, hours after Turkish reports said the Islamic State operative had tailed the tour group from their hotel.

Netanyahu made his comments at the weekly cabinet meeting.

IDF soldiers load caskets carrying the bodies of Israelis killed in a suicide bombing a day earlier in Istanbul onto an IDF airplane, March 20, 2016. (IDF Spokesman)
IDF soldiers load caskets carrying the bodies of Israelis killed in a suicide bombing a day earlier in Istanbul onto an IDF airplane, March 20, 2016. (IDF Spokesman)

Three Israelis were killed in the blast when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a shopping mall in the Turkish city on Saturday.

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