Arab League Denounces Terrorist Attack Near Moscow

FILED - 17 February 2019, Munich: Egyptian diplomat and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit attends the last day of the 55th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa
FILED - 17 February 2019, Munich: Egyptian diplomat and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit attends the last day of the 55th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa
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Arab League Denounces Terrorist Attack Near Moscow

FILED - 17 February 2019, Munich: Egyptian diplomat and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit attends the last day of the 55th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa
FILED - 17 February 2019, Munich: Egyptian diplomat and Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul-Gheit attends the last day of the 55th Munich Security Conference. Photo: Tobias Hase/dpa

Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place near Moscow on Friday.
He described the attack as an act that cannot be justified under any pretext.
In a statement, Aboul Gheit expressed his deepest condolences to the Russian government and the families of the victims of the attack and also wished a speedy recovery to the injured.

Camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers near Moscow on Friday, killing at least 60 people and injuring 145 in an attack claimed by ISIS.

In the deadliest attack in Russia since the 2004 Beslan school siege, gunmen sprayed civilians with bullets just before Soviet-era rock group "Picnic" was to perform to a full house at the 6,200-seat the Crocus City Hall just west of the capital.



Israel Says It Captured Weapons from Iran Being Smuggled to West Bank

An Israeli soldier holds a weapon during an Israeli raid, in Al-Faraa camp near Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 27, 2024. (Reuters)
An Israeli soldier holds a weapon during an Israeli raid, in Al-Faraa camp near Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 27, 2024. (Reuters)
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Israel Says It Captured Weapons from Iran Being Smuggled to West Bank

An Israeli soldier holds a weapon during an Israeli raid, in Al-Faraa camp near Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 27, 2024. (Reuters)
An Israeli soldier holds a weapon during an Israeli raid, in Al-Faraa camp near Tubas, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 27, 2024. (Reuters)

Israeli authorities say they seized a large cache of weapons originating in Iran and bound for Palestinian fighters in the West Bank.

A joint statement from the military and Israel’s Shin Bet internal security agency on Wednesday said the cache included rockets, explosives, mortar launchers, sniper rifles and other weapons. They released photos purporting to show the weapons.

The statement did not say where the seizure took place, and the military did not respond to a request for comment.

The statement identified two units of Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, one purportedly based in Syria, that it said were responsible for the smuggling, and named their commanders. It did not provide further evidence of Iran’s involvement.

Israel has carried out near-daily military raids in the occupied West Bank in recent years, targeting what it says are militants planning attacks.

The violence spiked after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack ignited the war in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Health Ministry says nearly 800 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since then. There has also been a rise in Palestinian attacks on Israelis.

Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, territories the Palestinians want for a future state.