Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut short his trip to Washington, D.C., to return to the Jewish state after a Gaza rocket attack struck a home in central Israel, wounding seven people.

Netanyahu, who was in the U.S. capital to meet President Trump and give a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, called the rocket launch in the agricultural community of Mishmeret a “criminal attack.”

In a brief address alongside Trump at the White House, the prime minister said “miraculously” no one was killed in the attack. He said the Jewish state’s military has started striking Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

“Israel will not this. I will not tolerate this, and as we speak, Israel is responding forcefully to this wanted aggression to this wanton aggression,” Netanyahu said. “I have a simple message to Israel’s enemies: we will do whatever we must do to defend our people and defend our state.”

Trump offered his condolences to the people of Israel for the “horrific” Hamas attack.

“Our prayers are with our friends in Israel as they carry out an incredible way of life in the face of great terror,” he added. “The United States recognizes Israel’s absolute right to defend itself. The despicable attack this morning demonstrates the security challenges that Israel faces every single day.”

The Israeli military said militants from Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement fired the rocket from one of their launching pads in southern Gaza Strip, near Rafah.

“It’s a miracle that nobody got killed,” said Assi Dvilanski, a Magen David Adom paramedic who was one of the first responders at the scene.

The Biblical prophecies (Zechariah 14, Luke 21, Revelation 11) foretell that Israel and Jerusalem will become the focus of the world in the Last Days signaling we are nearing the end of this age and the coming of Jesus Christ.

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