Twocircles staff reporter,
Sederot, An Indian Muslim delegation, visiting Israel amid protest by Indian Muslims, on Tuesday had to run for cover behind the mountains to escape from Hamas rocket attack from Gaza Strip.
Sirens warning an impending rocket attack went off when the Indian delegation during its visit to the southern Israeli city of Sederot.
“We heard a warning shot which was followed by a siren. We were immediately rushed to take shelter behind the mountains where we heard the sound of another rocket attack which hit the city,” Maulana Umair Ilyasi, leader of the delegation, said after the attack which took place yesterday.
“We were just watching the Gaza Strip from the top of a mountain when the rockets were fired from the Hamas controlled territory,” Ilyasi, General Secretary of the All India Organisation of Imams of Mosques, said.
Statesman reported that the delegation is visiting the country on the invitation of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Australian Israel Jewish Affairs Council. The AJC and the AIJAC had arranged a trip to the southern city for the delegation, which came under Palestinian rocket attacks.