Israel attack: Another rally held in Montreal as conflict continues
Global News
The rally, organized by the Montreal Board of Rabbis, is the latest event in Montreal in reaction to the conflict which is causing tension between groups in the city.
Ayellet Tzur couldn’t hold back her tears during a rally in front of the Israeli consulate in the Westmount suburb of Montreal to remember Jewish victims of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, which began Saturday.
“I just lost my cousin in the battle in Israel,” she sobbed, “on Shabbat.”
Her cousin, she said, was in the Israeli military.
A number of other people at the event also told Global News about family and friends they say were killed or who are missing. Yael Abramov doesn’t know where her nephew Laor Abramov is.
“He was at the music festival with his friend,” she said fighting back tears. “They were running from the gunfire.”
It’s the same music festival near the Gaza border where the militant group Hamas opened fire onto the crowd. Two Canadians, including a Montrealer, have been killed so far.
“We’re hurting,” said Rabbi Adam Scheier of Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. “Our hearts are broken, and we’re coming together because that’s what you have to do.”
The rally, organized by the Montreal Board of Rabbis, is the latest event in Montreal in reaction to the conflict. On Sunday in the city, there was a rally in support of Palestinians.
