Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon has said that Israel believes a bomb planted by militants on a Russian passenger plane in Egypt is responsible for its crash. Ya'alon is the first Israeli official to give a first public statement on the matter.
He said there is a very high probability the crash was a terrorist attack. Ya'alon would not comment on a report aired by the US-based CNN network that claims Israeli intelligence services supplied intercepted communications that confirmed a bomb is responsible for the crash. Israel and Egypt maintain close security cooperation.
Shortly after the crash the Israeli military said it assisted Egyptian forces with locating the wreckage. The Russian plane, carrying 224 passengers and crew, crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on October 31st just after taking off on its way to St. Petersburg.
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