(CNN) — US President Joe Biden described, on Friday, the attack in Jerusalem near a synagogue as “an attack on the civilized world,” according to a statement issued by the White House on a phone call between Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “to discuss the attack.” Apocalyptic terrorist.
The statement added that the US president “offered all appropriate means of support to the government and people of Israel in the coming days, and stressed the United States’ firm commitment to Israel’s security.”
He stated that Biden “has agreed that members of his national security team remain in constant contact with their Israeli counterparts to provide all appropriate support.”
White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre said, in a previous statement, that the White House condemned the “heinous terrorist attack,” adding, “We are shocked and saddened by the loss of life, including the killing of at least eight innocent victims.”
It stated: “The attack tragically took place on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, when all over the world the memory of those lost in the Holocaust is commemorated.”
She added, “The president directed his national security team to immediately communicate with his Israeli counterpart to provide all appropriate support to assist the wounded and bring the perpetrators of this horrific crime to justice.”
It is noteworthy that the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, via Twitter, that the attack killed 8 people and injured 10 others, while the Commissioner-General of Police, Yaakov Shabtai, told reporters that the attack was “one of the worst terrorist attacks that occurred in the past few years.”
