Nearly 2 months into the war, many Israelis have no idea if their relatives are dead or alive

Nearly 2 months into the war, many Israelis have no idea if their relatives are dead or alive

There was no trace of Hanan Yablonka — not on the 42-year-old Israeli’s social media accounts nor on his phone, found in the bullet-riddled car he and three friends tried to flee in after Hamas militants attacked the music festival they were attending in southern Israel.

The friends were killed in the Oct. 7 attack. But nearly two months later, Yablonka’s family still has no news about what happened to him. He is one of dozens of people still unaccounted for after Hamas infiltrated Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking about 240 hostages.

 

Nearly 2 months into the war, many Israelis have no idea if their relatives are dead or alive