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Her statement came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would "take revenge".

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China has been grappling with a spate of public violence of late, with many attackers believed to have been spurred by a desire to "take revenge on society" - where perpetrators target strangers over their personal grievances.

"The one that only got 12 years will be a young man when he is released. Hope he doesn't take revenge on society when he is out," reads a popular comment on Weibo, referring to a recent spate of mass killings that have struck fear across the country.

Such bleak assessments, following a spate of deadly incidents in China during 2024, have led to questions about what is driving people to murder strangers en masse to "take revenge on society".