Israel says at least 40 people are dead after the militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip launched an unprecedented and multi-front attack.
Rev. Dr. George Mason, a Baptist pastor in Dallas, told WFAA he got to Israel two days prior to the attack for a conference at a Palestinian university.News broke Saturday morning that Hamas militants fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of fighters into Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip in an unprecedentedduring a major Jewish holiday Saturday, killing dozens and stunning the country.
Rev. Dr. George Mason, president of Faith Commons in Dallas, an interfaith nonprofit group, is in the country amid the crossfire between the two groups. He said Faith Commons was about to lead a trip in Jerusalem, which has since been canceled. Mason told WFAA he got there two days prior of Saturday's attack to participate in a conference at a Palestinian university in nearby Bethlehem.
In a televised address, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned that Hamas had made “a grave mistake” and promised that “the state of Israel will win this war.” The pastor said many Israeli Jewish people are passionately interested in justice for the Palestinians and for their autonomy.
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