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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Monday about the assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying that “we should not rely on luck.”
“My wife Sara and I were shocked by the second assassination attempt on President Trump, and we were relieved to hear that it also failed, but we should not rely on luck,” Netanyahu said on his X account, according to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.
In a related development, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that it is investigating a shooting incident that took place near the former US president on Sunday, as “apparently an assassination attempt.”
Trump’s campaign team said he was safe after shots were fired “within his vicinity” in Florida.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Rick Bradshaw said at a news conference that the Secret Service spotted the muzzle of a gun protruding from a fence, adding that the suspect was between 270 and 450 meters away from Trump, who was playing golf at the time, Bradshaw said.
The suspect fled the scene but was apprehended by local police, who found an AK-47 assault rifle with a telescopic sight and a camera in the bushes at the scene, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff Rick Bradshaw.
On July 13, a gunman opened fire on Trump from a nearby rooftop during a campaign event in Pennsylvania, shooting him in the right ear. The assailant was killed by security forces a short time later. One man died and two others were injured at the rally.
