{"id":2062217,"date":"2023-10-10T15:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T19:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-woman-speaks-out-about-family-being-held-hostage-by-hamas-in-israel\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T15:45:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T19:45:41","slug":"american-woman-speaks-out-about-family-being-held-hostage-by-hamas-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-woman-speaks-out-about-family-being-held-hostage-by-hamas-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"American woman speaks up about her family held captive by Hamas in Israel."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famerican-woman-speaks-out-about-family-being-held-hostage-by-hamas-in-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2062217&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">People try to extinguish fire on cars following\u2063 a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel, \u200don October \u200c7, 2023. (Photo \u2064by\u2063 AHMAD GHARABLI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>12:34 PM \u2013 Tuesday, October 10, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Abbey Onn, an American citizen, spoke to the press about her family in Israel, explaining that she is \u201cheartbroken\u201d after discovering that numerous family members of hers have been abducted by Hamas terrorists.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on <em>Fox &#038; Friends First<\/em> on Tuesday, Onn announced that she had just learned her family members were abducted and taken hostage\u200c by Hamas, the Islamic terrorist group who \u200battacked Israel this past weekend. <\/p>\n<p>She and her other family members were first notified through messages from relatives in the southern region of Israel. Onn continued, saying \u2062that she has five family members who have been living in Israel for a number of years who are based in Nir Oz.<\/p>\n<p>She said that she was \u2062first informed of the tragic news via communications from other family members\u2063 based in\u200c southern Israel. <\/p>\n<p>The names of her family \u200dmembers are Ofer Kalderon, 50, Sahar Kalderon, 16, Noya Dan, 13, Erez Kalderon, 12, and Carmela Dan, 80.<\/p>\n<p>Onn also mentioned that her family has been living in the Nir Oz region for\u200d generations and \u2063that one of her relatives\u2019 \u200cfathers built the kibbutz \u201cliterally from the\u200c ground up.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThey are family oriented, they\u2064 love the land, they\u2019re deeply, deeply connected to Nir Oz\u2063 and \u200cto this area and to peace,\u201d she announced to\u2062 <em>CBS\u2063 News<\/em>. \u201cCarmela was the mother and grandmother not only to the people in these\u2064 pictures, but to a much larger community. They \u200bloved the simple\u200b things, they loved celebrating things, they loved where they lived.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Saturday, that particular area was one of the towns invaded by rocket fire, land incursions, and more, in a sequence of tragic attacks that have killed hundreds of the people. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe last heard from them on WhatsApp in the middle of the day on Saturday,\u201d Onn said.\u200d \u201cWe got messages throughout the morning that Hamas was in the \u2062kibbutz, that there was gunfire, and that they\u2062 were in \u2062their homes, that they had overturned everything in their house and that they were afraid for their lives.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt \u200dwas on Sunday that we saw on Instagram, on social media,\u200d the video of Erez in the hands of\u200c Hamas, which made us understand that \u2063they had been taken captive and \u2064that they\u2019re being held hostage in Gaza,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Onn also expressed that the kibbutz has now\u2062 been \u201ccompletely destroyed.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She explained that one of her abducted family \u2062members is only 12-years-old, which is the same age as her own child. Onn later mentioned that she saw\u200c video footage of the 12-year-old\u2062 being taken away by a Hamas terrorist, saying that the situation \u200cis a \u201cparent\u2019s worst nightmare\u201d\u200b and that she is extremely \u201cheartbroken.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI feel heartbroken,\u201d Onn told a <em>Fox News<\/em> host. \u201cI have a child the same age in the other room. It is\u200c any parent\u2019s \u200bworst nightmare.\u200b It is inconceivable\u200c that this is happening on this day, at this time\u2062 in Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAs an American\u2064 that is here\u200d in Israel\u2026 \u200dI feel proud to be an American and Israeli. I want people to understand this isn\u2019t political. These are\u2063 humans. These are people\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/family\">grandparents and children,<\/a> and husbands and wives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Onn also stated that\u2062 she\u200c had phoned her family members just moments before Hamas terrorists attacked the\u2063 area and invaded their\u2063 apartment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe woke up \u200bSaturday to sirens and began communicating with family members in the south and very quickly had learned \u200cthat Hamas had entered the country on foot, and in many other ways, \u2063and that there were thousands of terrorists,\u201d she said, explaining she later was informed of \u200bnews reports\u2062 that the building where her family was staying had been burned and destroyed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe understood terrorists were in the house. They could hear gunfire and we lost contact with them,\u201d she added. \u201cIt was a day later \u2062that we saw a video\u200b of \u200dour 12-year-old cousin in the\u200c hands of Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The American \u2063woman maintained that\u200c she was\u2062 trying her best to \u201cstay optimistic\u201d but also mentioned that\u2064 she was\u200d aware of Hamas\u2019 threats\u200c regarding \u2062execution.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing everything we can to work with the United States government and the State Department,\u201d Onn said. \u201cI \u2062have amazing friends and family who are making sure\u2062 we are following \u200dthe protocol, but I am listening to the news and hear \u200bwhat is being said \u200dabout the release \u2063of hostages. I am trying my best to\u200c stay optimistic\u2064 and believe that there will be some kind of diplomatic \u2063solution to this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis is\u2062 not the first time this country has been up \u200cagainst \u200dthis kind of \u200dchallenge,\u201d she continued. \u201cAnd they have an army and a \u200dgovernment that knows how to solve this. And they just\u2063 need to do\u2064 that. These are civilians who are being terrorized and we want them brought \u200chome.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;This is \u200dnot a political\u2062 situation. This is humanitarian. They were taken from their homes in\u200c the most horrifying\u200b way possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abbey Onn, an American living in Israel, tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrpsaki?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jrpsaki<\/a> about\u200b the search for her 5 family members who were kidnapped\u200d by Hamas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h3nkpahSXp\">pic.twitter.com\/h3nkpahSXp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InsideWithPsaki\/status\/1711574843257127319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10,\u200b 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Hundreds of innocent Israeli men, women and children were massacred by Hamas terrorists. And now we\u2063 are learning they beheaded babies.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Jewish News Syndicate editor Jonathan Tobin\u200d gives insight into the war in Israel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he is breaking from the Democratic Party and running as an independent. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Israel is under attack at the \u2064helm \u2064of Palestinian terrorist groups, like Hamas. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>EU antitrust \u200bregulators are asking Microsoft\u2019s users and rivals whether Bing should comply with new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arms-shares-get-helping-hand-as-ipo-banks-weigh-in-with-ratings\/\" title=\"Arm's shares receive support from IPO banks' ratings.\">tough tech rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Shares of Arm Holdings rose 3%\u2062 on Monday after a wave of \u201cbuy\u201d\u2064 ratings from Wall Street analysts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Joe Biden\u2019s administration is facing pressure from\u2064 some\u200c lawmakers to restrict American companies\u200d from working on a freely available chip technology widely used in China.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI is exploring making \u2063its own artificial intelligence chips and is evaluating a\u2062 potential acquisition target.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200c How has the \u200dtragedy affected Abbey Onn\u200b and \u2064her extended family emotionally<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: American Citizen Discovers Family Members \u200dAbducted by Hamas\u2064 in Tragic Gaza Strip Attack<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063a recent interview \u2063on Fox \u200b&#038; Friends First, American citizen Abbey Onn revealed \u2063her heart-wrenching discovery that numerous family members of hers have been abducted by Hamas terrorists. The Islamic\u200d extremist \u2062group launched a horrific \u200cseries of attacks on Israel this past weekend, leaving devastation \u2063and\u2063 sorrow in its\u2063 wake.\u2064 Onn&#8217;s \u200bpersonal connection to this tragic event highlights the far-reaching consequences of\u200c terrorism and\u2062 the urgent need for \u200dglobal intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Details of\u200c the Abductions:<\/p>\n<p>Onn received the devastating news through messages from relatives living in the southern region of Israel. She\u200b shared that five of her family members\u200d have resided in the Nir Oz area for many years. Their names are Ofer Kalderon, Sahar Kalderon, Noya\u2062 Dan, Erez \u2064Kalderon, and Carmela Dan.\u2062 Onn emphasized the deep-rooted connection her \u2063family\u2064 had with the region, recounting how one of her relatives&#8217; fathers had built the kibbutz from the ground \u200bup. <\/p>\n<p>Heartfelt Testimony:<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 an interview with CBS News, Onn described \u2064her \u200dfamily members as deeply\u200c connected to Nir Oz, their home,\u200b and the pursuit\u200c of peace. She\u2062 highlighted their love for the simple things, their joy in celebrating milestones, and their profound impact on their community. Carmela Dan, who was not only a mother and \u2064grandmother but also\u2062 an integral part of the larger \u2064community, served as an example of their strong ties to both family \u2063and the land.<\/p>\n<p>The Tragedy Unfolds:<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Nir Oz was\u200b one of the towns targeted by\u200c Hamas in a \u200crelentless barrage of rocket fire and land incursions on Saturday. The \u200battacks, which \u2063have \u200dclaimed the lives of hundreds of innocent people, brought chaos and destruction to the \u200dregion. Onn mentioned receiving distressing WhatsApp messages throughout the day, alerting them to the presence of Hamas militants in the \u2063kibbutz and the fear that engulfed \u2064her family members.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmation of Abductions:<\/p>\n<p>The grim reality of the \u200csituation hit home when Onn stumbled upon a video on social media showing Erez, one of her\u200b family members, in the \u200bpossession of Hamas. \u200cIt became evident that they\u2063 had been taken captive and were being held hostage in Gaza. The emotional toll and uncertainty\u2064 surrounding their well-being have left Onn \u2064and her extended family in a state of anguish.<\/p>\n<p>The Aftermath:<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the heartbreak, \u200dOnn shared that the kibbutz, a symbol of her family&#8217;s heritage and ties to the land, has been completely destroyed in the wake of\u2064 the attacks. The devastation of both human lives and physical infrastructure highlights \u2064the urgent need for international cooperation and support to address and combat terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>The abduction of Abbey Onn&#8217;s family members by\u2063 Hamas\u200d is a tragic\u200d reminder of the far-reaching \u200cimpacts of terrorism. Innocent \u200clives have\u200c been forever altered, families left devastated, and communities torn apart. It is imperative that the international community stands together to support and protect innocent civilians, combat\u2063 terrorism, and ensure the \u200brestoration and preservation of \u2063peace\u200c in the\u200c region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abbey Onn, an American citizen, shared her concerns about her family in Israel after a rocket attack from Gaza. People battled to put out fires on cars in Ashkelon, southern Israel. OAN&#8217;s Elizabeth Volberding reported on the incident on October 10, 2023. 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