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'Frightened Faces': Sen. Cory Booker In Israel Describes Horror During Surprise Hamas Attacks
US Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey is safe, but he'll never be able to shake the horror he saw this weekend.
The Harrington Park, New Jersey native posted a YouTube video, his backdrop the Old City in Jerusalem, on Sunday, Oct. 8.
Booker said he was jogging in Jerusalem on Saturday, Oct. 7, when he got an urgent call from his chief of staff, telling him to get back to the hotel immediately: Israel was under attack.
Hamas, which controls Gaza, launched a surprise attack on Israel, wounding thousands and killing hundreds in the longtime conflict.
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2 NJ Natives Among 45 Dead In Israel's Mt. Meron Stampede
Two New Jersey residents were among 45 people killed Thursday night when a stampede broke out during a bonfire celebrating a religious holiday.
Nachman Doniel Morris, 19, of Teaneck, New Jersey, and Elazar Yitzchak (Azi) Koltai,13, formerly of Passaic, were pronounced dead, the Jerusalem Post reports.
Words of Chizuk Shared by Sue Koltai, Mother of 13-Year-Old Meron Victim, Azi Koltai
In Heaven a great fire is... Posted by Jewish MOM on Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Morris, Koltai and nearly 90,000 other individuals -- mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews -- had gathered at the tomb of a 2nd centur…
