SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK ON ISRAEL
AS 'MORALLY REPUGNANT', HARMFUL TO PALESTINIAN CAUSE
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s suicide bomb attack in the city of Netanya in Israel in which at least 15 Israeli citizens were killed and many others wounded.� He reiterates his conviction that such terrorist attacks are morally repugnant and immensely harmful to the Palestinian cause.� He extends his heartfelt condolences to the Government of Israel and to the families of the victims of this attack.
The Secretary-General urges all sides to exercise maximum restraint and not to allow the enemies of peace to derail the current efforts to secure a durable ceasefire and to implement the Tenet and Mitchell plans.
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