Yoni Asher looks at his phone from his home in Ganot Hadar, Israel, October 8, 2023.
Yoni Asher looks at his phone from his home in Ganot Hadar, Israel, on October 8, 2023.
  • An Israeli dad says he saw a video of his wife and children held hostage by Hamas militants. 
  • He is now begging for the fighters to not harm his family. 
  • He said his wife had called him and said there were "terrorists inside the house."

An Israeli father is begging Hamas militants not to harm his family after he recognized his wife, two young daughters, and mother-in-law in a viral video being held hostage in the back of a pickup truck and flanked by armed fighters.