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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Oliver Holmes

Israel’s PM urges citizens to arm themselves after Tel Aviv attack

Israeli soldiers patrolling the streets.
Israeli soldiers patrolling the streets. Photograph: APAImages/REX/Shutterstock

Israel’s prime minister has called on citizens with gun licences to arm themselves after the bloodiest attack in years in greater Tel Aviv, which marked the third such killings spree in the Jewish state in a week.

“What is expected of you, Israeli citizens? Vigilance and responsibility,” the country’s far-right leader, Naftali Bennett, said in a video statement on Wednesday evening. “Whoever has a gun licence, this is the time to carry it.”

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