on Saturday 28 January, 2023

Netanyahu vows ‘strong, swift and precise’ response to Jerusalem attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the scene of a shooting attack in Neve Yaacov which lies on occupied land that Israel annexed to Jerusalem after the 1967 Middle East war, January 27, 2023. (Reuters)
by : REUTERS

Israel’s response to an attack by a Palestinian gunman that killed seven people on the outskirts of Jerusalem will be “strong, swift and precise,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.

Netanyahu made the statement as he convened his security cabinet over Friday’s attack.