Cory Booker "able to safely depart" Israel after surprise Hamas attack in Gaza

[highplainsdem]

Source: CBS News

Sen. Cory Booker safely departed Israel on Sunday after Hamas militants launched a surprise attack against the country, according to his spokesperson.

The New Jersey Democrat and his staff were in Jerusalem when Hamas began carrying out its large-scale offensive against Israel "and sheltered in place for their safety," his spokesperson Maya Krishna-Rogers said in a statement Sunday afternoon.

"We are grateful that Sen. Booker and our colleagues were able to safely depart Israel earlier today," she said.

Booker, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, arrived in Israel on Friday for several days of meetings ahead of a summit on regional economic integration in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, which he was supposed to participate in, his office said.

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Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cory-booker-israel-hamas-attack-tel-aviv-summit/

[ripcord]

1. Could you imagine if Hamas had killed or taken him hostage?

Thankfully everyone is safe and on their way home now.

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

3. With the way things in the House are now

it would have been a total shitshow that would embolden our enemies more. "See, the Americans weren't this divided before."

[FakeNoose]

2. Holy moly, I didn't know he was there! Thank goodness he got out OK

Prayers for the victims in Israel...

[a kennedy]

4. Ditto.

[riversedge]

5. Thank the heavens and all who helped get them home.

[ificandream]

6. Ya think Tubberhead would have changed his tune if Booker had been not able to depart safely?

I somehow doubt it.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Rep. Dan Goldman and his family got out safely, too.

They were visiting there for a Bar Mitzvah.

Rep. Dan Goldman, his family and Sen. Booker safely evacuate from Israel - MSNBC Reports
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017869496