PM offers condolences to Russia over plane crash

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offers his condolences to President Vladimir Putin and the Russian people over a plane crash in Sinai that killed all 224 people on board.

Netanyahu says “this was a great disaster. We identify with the sorrow and are of course in constant touch with the government of Russia and the government of Egypt to try and figure out the circumstances of the case.”

The plane, bound for St. Petersburg in Russia, crashed 23 minutes after it took off from Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Most victims were Russian.

A local affiliate of the extremist Islamic State group said it “brought down” the aircraft, but Russia’s transport minister dismissed the claim.

— AP

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