Matan Boltax, a survivor of the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel, spoke to a crowd at the Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park on Monday night, 6ABC reported.

Several Jewish congregations, including Adath Jeshurun, Old York Road Temple-Beth Am, Keneseth Israel, Shaare Shamayim, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia worked together to share Boltax’s story with congregants.

“The rockets started, which definitely frightened us, but is nothing out of the normal. We obviously had no clue that terrorists had broken through the border and were shooting at anyone in sight,” he said. “We saw one pickup truck with Hamas terrorists shooting in the distance at other people. We saw bodies on the side of the road, lots of accidents, rockets had fallen on the highway.”

Their video coverage is below:

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