Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has offered his condolences following the deadly attack on a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg that left five people dead and 200 more injured.
“Shocking images from Magdeburg, Germany last night,” Saar wrote on social media platform X on Saturday.
“I condemn this devastating crime,” he added, saying he had expressed his country’s condolences to his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock.
“Israel stands with the German people in their mourning and offers any assistance required.”
Security forces stand guard at the entrance of Magdeburg’s Christmas market. Authorities report that at least two people, including a small child, were killed, and over 60 others injured in the incident, which occurred on Friday evening in the heart of the central German city. Hendrik Schmidt/dpa
Police emergency vehicles are stationed in front of the Christmas market in Magdeburg. Almost eight years to the day after the terrorist attack on the Berlin Christmas market at the Memorial Church, a man drives into a crowd of people in Magdeburg. Matthias Bein/dpa