Schumer Expresses ‘Outrage’ Over Hamas Attacks in Israel: ‘Overwhelming and Heart Wrenching’

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Sunday reacted to the Hamas surprise attack on Israel, writing in a statement that the deadly strikes were "overwhelming" and "heart wrenching."

Schumer said he was briefed on the situation alongside Senate leaders by Acting Deputy Secretary of State Toria Nuland and Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker.

"I expressed my outrage at what happened in Israel," Schumer said. "The viciousness and brutality of this unprecedented attack from Hamas targeting innocent civilians — children, families, seniors — is overwhelming and heart wrenching."

Schumer added he has requested that President Joe Biden's administration provide everything Israel needs to protect itself and said the administration so far knows of at least four Americans who have been killed.

The statement came after the Hamas surprise attack on Saturday on Israel, which left hundreds dead and thousands wounded on either side of the conflict.