Sen. Cory Booker Safely Leaves Israel After Hamas Attack

The senator and staff were forced sheltered in place in Jerusalem when Hamas launched its attack against Israel.
Sen. Cory Booker Safely Leaves Israel After Hamas Attack
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) listens during a hearing in Washington, on June 16, 2020. Tom Williams/AFP via Getty Images
Bill Pan
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Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and his staff left Israel on Sunday amid the Islamist terrorist group Hamas’ large-scale attack against the country.

A statement from Mr. Booker’s office confirmed that the senator had departed early from a trip to Israel, where he arrived on Friday ahead of the start of an “Abraham Accords-focused N7 summit on regional economic integration in Tel Aviv,” an event he was supposed to participate in as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.