Two members of Israel’s Congress described the danger and confusion that unfolded during the Hamas attack, the deadliest attack the country has seen in 50 years.
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) arrived in Jerusalem on Friday ahead of the N7 summit in Tel Aviv, an economic forum where the senator was scheduled to speak.
A spokesperson for Booker said the senator and his staff “sheltered in place for their safety” and expressed gratitude for being able to leave Israel without incident on Sunday.
In a post on the social media website X, the senator said he was jogging in Jerusalem’s Old City when he received an “urgent call” from his chief of staff informing him that Israel was under attack.
Booker said he took shelter in the “air raid shelter,” which was the stairs of his hotel, and noticed the “frightened faces” of Israelis and Americans crouching with him.
Booker said he and his team are “shocked, angry and heartbroken” by the Hamas terrorist attacks that have left more than 700 Israelis dead, thousands injured and 100 taken hostage.
US Senator Cory Booker was in Israel when Hamas launched the deadliest attack the nation has seen in 50 years. Twitter/@corybooker
The worst attack on Israel in 50 years: how we got here
2005: Israel unilaterally withdraws from the Gaza Strip more than three decades after seizing the territory from Egypt in the Six-Day War.
2006: The terrorist group Hamas wins the Palestinian legislative elections.
2007: Hamas takes control of Gaza in a civil war.
2008: Israel launches a military offensive against Gaza after Palestinian terrorists fire rockets at the city of Sderot.
2023: Hamas launches largest attack on Israel in 50 years.
More than 700 Israelis have been killed, more than 2,150 wounded and 100 taken hostage and the death toll is expected to rise after Hamas terrorists fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of militants into Israeli cities.
Hamas terrorists were seen taking women hostage and parading them down the street in gruesome videos.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced “We are at war” and promised that Hamas would pay “a price it has never known.”
Gaza health officials report that at least 300 Palestinians have been killed and 2,200 wounded.
The New Jersey senator went on to call for a “just and long-term peace in the region.”
Senator Booker, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, “emphatically” condemned Hamas’ “horrific acts of violence, kidnapping and terror against Israeli families, children and other civilians.”
Follow The Post’s live blog for the latest on Hamas’ attack on Israel.
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) was also in Israel when Hamas launched its deadly invasion of the Jewish homeland.
Rep. Dan Goldman was in Israel with his family for a Bar Mitzvah when Hamas bombed the country with rocket attacks and other acts of terrorism. Reuters
The congressman was in the Jewish homeland for a relative’s Bar Mitzvah with his wife and three youngest children.
The lawmaker and his family took refuge inside the stairs of their hotel as rockets fell on them, his spokesman said.
The congressman was able to return to the United States safely and expressed his hope that Americans “come together to support Israel’s right to defend itself.”
At the very least, Congress should replace (and expand) the Iron Dome as soon as possible.
I hope Republicans can get their House in order so we can pass emergency legislation to help Israel defend itself.
— Representative Dan Goldman (@RepDanGoldman) October 8, 2023
Rep. Goldman subsequently called on Congress to “replace (and expand) the Iron Dome as soon as possible” and called on Republicans to “get their House in order” so that emergency legislation to help Israel can be passed.
Israeli ambassador to the United States, Michael Herzog, said Hamas has fired more than 4,000 rockets at Israel since the war began.
Israel’s ambassador to the United States said Hamas has fired 4,000 rockets at Israel since the war began.
Israel formally declared war against Hamas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to take “powerful revenge” against the terrorist group.
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