Local family members, officials react to Hamas attack on Israel
CHICAGO -- People in Chicago area watching and waiting for updates from loved ones 6,000 miles away after the ruling Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday.CBS 2 spoke with one Highland Park mother whose son lives in Tel Aviv, Israel. Lines of communication are currently still open with her son, and she is optimistic it will stay that way.
'It wasn't surprising that the Palestinian people said, 'Finally. We have to fight back, and we're going to fight back with all of our forces. We're the unified resistance.' And that's what we saw today,' said Hatem Abudayyeh. Meanwhile, local members of the United States Congress and House of Representatives are weighing in on the news of the surprise attack.
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