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Sa’ar offers condolences after ISIS attack in Syria

The Jewish state “stands shoulder to shoulder with the United States, its closest ally,” said the Israeli FM.

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in Jerusalem, Sept. 15, 2025. Credit: Freddie Everett/U.S. State Department.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar offered Jerusalem’s condolences to the American people on Saturday night after two U.S. servicemen and a civilian were killed earlier in the day in an ISIS terrorist attack in Syria.

Israel “shares in the grief of the families of the two U.S. service members and the U.S. civilian who were killed, and wishes a swift recovery to those wounded in today’s attack by an ISIS gunman,” Sa’ar stated.

The Jewish state “stands shoulder to shoulder with the United States, its closest ally,” he added.

The attacker, identified by Damascus as a member of Syria’s official security forces, was “engaged and killed” following Saturday’s attack, U.S. Central Command said in a statement.

President Donald Trump said the nation mourns “the loss of three great American patriots in Syria, two soldiers and one civilian interpreter,” adding that “we pray for the three injured soldiers.”

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