And she texted out an audio message, and it was terrifying. She said there were two terrorists inside the house. They had guns, they were chuting. He said he was trying to hold back the door to the shelter so the terrorists could not get in, and that was end of of it. They lost connection. So his brother tried calling them back. He also tried that thing where you try to locate somebodys fun to figure out where they were located directly. He was not able to find them that way. Later in the afternoon he was able to get in contact with the boys mother. Again, shed been with the two sons. She said shed been contacted by Two Kid Nappers who made the 16yearold boy get on the phone and tell his mom that hed been kidnapped, then he hung up. Then the long and short of this is that all four of these people, he and his two sons and his girlfriend, theyve now all been reported missing by his brother. And yanef says the whole family has been missing since midday on saturday. Hes not heard from them
Jonathan capeheart. Hey, jenn, thank you very much and thank you for joining us. We start with a story that is very much still developing and unselfed to our first guest. This is nayir takov and live in kibbutz and his sons are 16 and 12 years old, and orr, the big brother is 16 and yagil, the younger son, hes 12. Saturday morning at 8 45 a. M. Local time and he and his sisterinlaw were in a cheryl inside the house and will try to ride out the bombings that started and his two sons, the 12yearold and 16yearold were not with them. They were in a different house in the kibbutz and the plan everybody would stay put until the bombings stopped and they would find each other and get back together and stay safe. Then, about a half hour later, it was another communication, it was his girlfriend, and she texted out an audio message, and it was terrifying. She said there were two terrorists inside the house, they had guns, they were shooting, and she said yayir was trying to hold back the door f
With a story that is very much still developing, very much still unresolved, and very personal to our first guest. This is yair yaakov and myrav. They live on a kibbutz in Southern Israel. A kibbutz call and yairs sons are 16 and 12 years old. Orr is the big brother. He is 16. Yagil is the younger son. He is 12. And on saturday morning, at 8 45 a. M. Local time, this is just a couple of hours after the hamas Terrorist Attacks started in Southern Israel, yair got on the phone with his sister in law from the kibbutz. And he told his sister in law that he and his girlfriend were in a shelter inside their house. They were gonna try to write out these bombings that had just started. He said his two sons, his 12yearold and his 16 year old, they were now with them. They were with their mother at a different house on the kibbutz. And yair said that the plan was everybody was Gonna Stay Put until the bombings stopped. And then, they would find each other and get back together and stay safe. The
This is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome to viewers from the United States and Around The World. Im laila harrak. It is 10 00 a. M. In israel where israels war against hamas is now into its second day. The death toll on both sides has been staggering. At least 300 israeli deaths now confirmed, and palestinian Authorities Say more than 250 people in gaza have been killed. Thousands more wounded. Israel confirms many of its citizens have been abducted. The idf says up to 1,000 hamas militants poured across the border and into nearby israeli towns. Disturbing video shows civilians being rounded up in one of them, presumably to be taken to gaza as hostages. Joining me now, live from tel aviv, israel, is Lieutenant Colonel richard hecht. He is the International Spokesperson for the Israel Defense forces. Sir, good day. First, id like to ask you, can you give us an update on the latest situation on the ground . Are battles still under way within israel . So yes, we have still hi, laila,