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Hamas attacks on Israel on Saturday stunned the world as young concertgoers were kidnapped and whole families murdered. Retaliation in the Gaza Strip has brought the death toll to nearly 1,600 – unseen since the 1973 war with Egypt and Syria.
Photos of loved ones and desperate messages from family members have flooded social media in what one Jewish Clevelander called “Israel’s 9/11.” “The Jewish people that you know are not OK right now,” a Beachwood rabbi said. “This is not status quo. This is not turbulence. This is a horrible wreckage. It makes us tremble.”: Saturday’s attacks by the Palestinian extremist group Hamas on Israel, followed by Israel’s declaration of war and subsequent military retaliation, are weighing on the minds
of members of Cleveland’s Jewish and Palestinian communities. The Greater Cleveland area is home, according to estimates, to more than 80,000 Jews and about 25,000 Palestinians, many of whom have family living in what has now, officially, become a war zone.: Rainn Wilson, Kendall Jenner and other celebrities and trailblazers at Forbes “Under 30 Summit” doled out advice Monday to young entrepreneurs.
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