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King Hussein to visit Israeli shooting victims' families
AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) -- Jordan's King Hussein will visit Israel on Sunday to offer condolences to the families of seven Israeli schoolchildren killed by a Jordanian soldier, a government spokesman said Saturday.
The king spoke by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the two agreed to the visit, the spokesman said.
A Jordanian army driver opened fire Thursday on a group of Israeli schoolchildren on a class trip to a strip of land south of the Sea of Galilee. The strip is owned by Jordan, but leased to Israel under the terms of a 1994 peace treaty.
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