The Latest: Israel stands with US after nightclub attack

Don Haller, left, and Frank Thompson of Laguna Niguel pray for the victims of Orlando nightclub shooting at Main Street Bar in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. (Kyusung Gong/The Orange County Register via AP) Don Haller, left, and Frank Thompson of Laguna Niguel pray for the victims of Orlando nightclub shooting at Main Street Bar in Laguna Beach, Calif., on Sunday, June 12, 2016. (Kyusung Gong/The Orange County Register via AP)

By Associated Press June 13, 2016 2 min read

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – The Latest on the deadly shooting at a nightclub in Orlando. (all times local):

3:45 a.m.

Israel’s ceremonial president says the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando that killed 50 people and wounded dozens more is “as cowardly as it is abhorrent.”

In a letter to President Barack Obama, Reuven Rivlin says Monday that Israel stands “shoulder to shoulder with our American brothers and sisters” after the attack on the LGBT community.

He sent his condolences and said there is “no comfort for those who have had their loved ones torn away from them.”