Netanyahu visits a police officer injured in Sunday’s Jerusalem shooting attack.
At the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, the prime minister tells the police officer from the reconnaissance Yasam unit: “This unit is the key to preventing catastrophe, and that’s precisely what happened, you prevented a larger catastrophe.”
After the meeting, Netanyahu says “there is nothing more emotional and uplifting than meeting with our police officers, our heroes.”
He reiterates that the police — including Yosef Kirma, who was killed in the shootout — had thwarted a larger attack.
“This policeman that I met here is a new immigrant and he only has one thought — how quickly he can get back to his unit and keep serving the people of Israel,” Netanyahu says.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with police officers injured in a Jerusalem shooting attack at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital on October 10, 2016 (Haim Zach/GPO)
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