Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement Sunday that he had instructed government officials to help bring the bodies to Israel for burial, as requested by the families. Netanyahu and other public figures were due to attend the funeral in Jerusalem.
The four were among 17 people killed in a wave of terror attacks carried out last week by militants. The two gunmen who attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo in the French capital Wednesday, killing 12 people, had shouted that their mission was to avenge the newspaper`s publication of what they said were denigrating cartoons about Islam.
Meanwhile, officers Ahmed Merabet, 42, and Franck Brinsolaro, 49, who were among those killed in the Charlie Hebdo attack, and Clarissa Jean-Philippe, who was gunned down in a separate attack Thursday, were posthumously awarded France`s legion d`honneur by Hollande at a service in the country`s capital.
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