SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC NEWS)- After the Hamas attack in Israel, the Jewish community in Central New York is feeling the effects. On Saturday, Hamas militants fired numerous missiles into Israel’s cities from Gaza. According to the Israel Defense Force, the missiles killed about 1,200 and injured almost 3,000 Israelis, and the numbers are expected to rise. Rabbi Evan Shore of Sha’arei Torah Orthodox Congregation of Syracuse says even the kids in the community are alarmed.
“You can see in their eyes, there’s something going on,” Shore said.
The attacks from Hamas happened on the border of Israel and Gaza, but for many here in Syracuse it felt a little closer to home
“We have, at my synagogue, at least a dozen families who have extended families in Israel,” he said. “Myself- I have a son, a daughter-in-law and four grandchildren in Israel, one of which was three blocks away from a missile attack yesterday.”
The attack from Hamas comes at the end of the Jewish holiday Sukkot. The holiday celebrates the gathering of harvests and the protection the children of Israel received when they fled Egypt. For Rabbi Shore, he says he can’t believe that the attacks came on a day of such importance.
“How can an attack take place on such a holy day.
