Alex Traiman is the CEO and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) and gives perspective from the capital city about the Hamas attack and Israel’s response.
“Our heart goes out to you and your country. It’s stunning what we’ve seen,” said Joe Pags.
“It was the morning of a Holy Day. It was also the Sabbath,” began Traiman. “I woke up to air raid sirens. That’s how it started.”
“We thought maybe it was a few rockets. We quickly learned it was much more serious. The news just kept getting worse. Even now, we’re learning that more people are dead than we thought,” he added.
Watch the conversation above.