The death toll in Israel is rising after Hamas militants launched a surprise assault early Saturday morning
WASHINGTON — Israeli-Americans in Washington are losing sleep and anxiously waiting by their phones after a"We are all mourning," said a woman who moved to Washington from Israel nine years ago. She asked that her name not be used in this story.
"Hoping that he's still alive," she, in reference to her good friend and former neighbor."They were just surrounded by terrorists that shot them and some of them were kidnapped to Gaza to be abused and to be used as a living shield." Israeli supporters held a moment of silence on the streets of Kirkland Sunday afternoon, while just across the street, Palestinian supporters shouted phrases such as,"Resistance is justified when people are occupied!"A National Security Council spokesman also says U.S. Citizens are unaccounted for, and former US Army General Barry McCaffrey said that some are potentially being held hostage.But for some, the wait for answers continues.
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