American in Israel whose family was taken hostage by Hamas speaks out
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An American woman who had five family members were taken hostage during Hamas' attacks on Israel told CBS News about the experience and the moment she and her family realized their loved ones were missing.
Abbey Onn said that she was in her Israel home, north of Tel Aviv, when she and other family members got messages from relatives in southern Israel. Her five family members — Ofer Kalderon, 50, Sahar Kalderon, 16, Noya Dan, 13, Erez Kalderon, 12 and Carmela Dan, 80 — lived in Nir Oz, a kibbutz in the area. It was one of the towns that was attacked by rocket fire, land incursions and more on Saturday in a series of violent attacks that have killed hundreds of people.
"We last heard from them on WhatsApp in the middle of the day on Saturday," Onn said. "We got messages throughout the morning that Hamas was in the kibbutz, that there was gunfire, and that they were in their homes, that they had overturned everything in their house and that they were afraid for their lives."
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