Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his condolences to the families of the victims of the car bombing that rattled Cairo on Monday, killing 20 people and leaving 47 injured outside the main cancer hospital in the Egyptian capital.
"We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of the innocent victims and wish a speedy recovery to the injured. We stand by the Egyptian people in their battle against terrorism," Netanyahu said in a statement posted on the Prime Minister's Office website.
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Egyptian officials initially said the explosion was caused when a car driving against traffic collided with three other cars. The investigation had found that the car involved in the incident had been stolen a few months ago.
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"The initial technical examination also showed that the car contained explosives, and the collision led to their detonation. It is estimated that the car was being transported to a location for use in the execution of a terrorist operation," Egypt's Interior Ministry said.
Egypt's Interior Ministry said Hasm, a group linked to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, was behind the attack.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi vowed to "face and root out terrorism" and expressed his condolences to the families.
Monday's attack was the deadliest one in Cairo since the Islamic State group bombed a chapel next to the main Egyptian Coptic Christian cathedral in December 2016 during Sunday Mass, killing 30 people.
Reprinted with permission from JNS.org.
