Members of churches in Glasgow and Bowling Green have left war-torn Israel after being trapped since Hamas launched an attack on Saturday.
Seventeen members of River Lake Church in Glasgow were on a tour of the Holy Land when Hamas initiated a widespread missile attack on military sites and civilian areas in Israel early Saturday morning. The church group was scheduled to leave Monday.
River Lake Church Pastor Nic Smith posted a video message on the church’s Facebook page Monday morning calming fears of family members of those caught in the crossfire.
“We are really good. We’re stuck, we’re stuck in Israel right now. But we’re safe and that really is the most important thing,” Smith said in the roughly 90 second message.
The group, according to a Facebook post on the church’s website, is now out of Israel.
An unknown number of members of Bowling Green’s Broadway United Methodist Church were also trapped in Israel but have returned to the U.S., according to WBKO.com.
(Photo: River Lake Church Pastor Nic Smith offering words of encouragement via a video message to family members of his church group trapped in Israel, courtesy of Facebook)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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