ABBY IS AN AMERICAN ISRAELI WHO OVER THE WEEKEND LIKE SO MANY OTHERS WHEN SHE SAID FIVE OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS WERE KIDNAPPED BY HAMAS AND TAKEN TO GAZA, THREE OF THEM WERE CHILDREN 16 AND YOUNGER .

SHE JOINS ME FROM JERUSALEM.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED MEMBERS, THEY MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE SAME PLACE.

HOW DID THEY GET TAKEN AND SNATCHED ?

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

EVERYONE WOKE UP TO SIRENS AND WARNINGS AND WE HAD A , WE BEGAN GETTING MESSAGES FROM OUR FAMILY CLOSE TO THE GAZA BORDER THAT HAMAS WAS THERE AND WE BEGAN GETTING PHOTOS AND VIDEOS IN GENERAL THAT THERE WAS A MASSIVE INFILTRATION OF TERRORIST.

WE GOT MESSAGES FROM THE FAMILY THAT THEY WERE IN THE HOUSE AND THEY COULD HEAR GUNFIRE AND THEY WERE AFRAID FOR THEIR LIVES.

THEY WERE IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IT IS A GRANDMOTHER, THREE OF HER GRANDCHILDREN AND SON-IN-LAW.

ONE IS 13 AND SPECIAL NEEDS, ONE IS 80 AND THE MATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY.

WE LOST CONTACT WITH THEM AROUND 11 OR 12 .

THINK THIS IS A HOLOCAUST AND WE ARE AFRAID WE WILL NOT LIVE.

WE KNOW ONCE THE ARMY TOOK CONTROL OF THEIR , THE PHYSICAL PLACE WAS BURNED TO THE GROUND AND ALMOST HALF OF THE RESIDENTS WERE SLAUGHTERED IN COLD BLOOD.

THE PEOPLE THAT THEY DID NOT FIND WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE.

>> ONE OF THOSE APPEARS TO BE, AS YOU SAID , A 12-YEAR-OLD MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY.

WE HAVE A VIDEO AND I KNOW YOU WANTED US TO SHOW THIS VIDEO SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED.

HERE IS LITTLE 12-YEAR-OLD BEING MANHANDLED AS HE APPEARS TO BE TAKEN CAPTIVE GREAT HE IS ONE.

TELL US ABOUT HIM.

>> I HAVE A 12-YEAR-OLD SON IN THE OTHER ROOM AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THIS BECAUSE IT IS A PARENT'S WORST NIGHTMARE.

IT IS THE WORST THING IMAGINABLE TO SEE SOMEONE PUT THEIR HANDS ON YOUR CHILD AND PULL AND PUSH THEM AND TAKE THEM AWAY.

HE IS A 12-YEAR-OLD LIKE MY SON PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND RIDING HIS BIKE AND A BROTHER TO HIS SISTERS AND A GRANDCHILD AND A BELOVED MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY .

THIS WAS A HORRIFIC ACT OF TERRORISM AGAINST CIVILIANS.

>> HAVE YOU HAD ANY SUPPORT?

HAS YOUR FAMILY BEEN APPROACHED BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE MILITARY , OFFICIALS , ARE YOU GETTING ANY DIRECTION ON WHAT THEY MIGHT BE DOING OR WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN NEXT?

>> WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE BEST ON OUR OWN.

WE HAVE BOTH AMERICAN AND FRENCH WORKING TO PUT PRESSURE WHERE WE CAN.

WE ARE TRYING TO SPEAK AS MANY LANGUAGES AS WE CAN.

WE ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IDENTIFIED AND TRY TO FOLLOW PROTOCOLS.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION THAN THAT VIDEO.

>> YOU JUST MENTIONED KAMALA , SHE IS 80 , WHAT IS HER HISTORY ?

SHE IS A SURVIVOR ?

>> HER FATHER WAS BORN IN THE UNITED STATES AND HE MOVED TO HUNDRED YEARS AGO TO BUILD THE COUNTRY.

SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH HORRY WHO WAS FROM, AND THEY HAVE LIVED THERE FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS.

SHE IS THE MATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY AND SHE'S THE HAPPIEST, FUNNIEST, MOST LOVING WOMAN AND SHE WAS DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THIS PLACE AND THIS LAND AND FAMILY.

SHE WAS AN AMERICAN AND SHE ALSO LIVED IN FRANCE REPRESENTING ISRAEL GREAT SHE IS ALSO A FRENCH CITIZEN .

IT IS A ISSUE OF GLOBAL URGENCY .

STATES IS EXPECTED TO SPEAK SHORTLY.

WE WILL SEE IF HE MENTIONS AMERICAN HOSTAGES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL HOSTAGES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.