Yotam Kipnis said his parents and two young cousins were likely taken by militants from the Be'eri kibbutz in southern Israel.
A man who fears 10 members of his family have been taken hostage by Hamas said the Israeli military action is putting their lives at risk. Yotam Kipnis is on a mission to try and track down his parents Eviatar Moshe Kipnis, 65, and Lilach Lea Havron, 60, as well as his cousins Naveh Shoham, 8, and three-year-old Yahel. The children were on a holiday visiting their grandparents' home in the Be'eri kibbutz in southern Israel when militants stormed the compound on Saturday morning.
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