Israeli consul general in Chicago calls Hamas attacks ‘unprecedented,’ Israel’s ‘worst day’

People look at a police station that was destroyed after a battle between Israeli troops and Hamas militants Saturday in Sderot, Israel. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Israel has confronted Hamas many times over the last several years, but the militant group’s stunning attack on Saturday was unprecedented, Consul General of Israel to the Midwest Yinam Cohen said Monday.

“For Israeli nationals and their friends here in Chicago, the past 48 hours have been devastating,” Cohen told the Sun-Times. “Saturday morning, as things unfold right now, turned out to be the worst day in the history of the state of Israel.”