Welcome back to the Modus podcast. I'm Oshwanoo. Today we have a special edition. We're

featuring multiple conversations that Jill and I had in recent days, a couple with the family

members of Israeli hostages currently being held in the Gaza Strip and a conversation Jill had

with a survivor from that music festival who saw sadly, tragically, horrifically close family

members die in that attack. As of this taping, it's been more than 46 days for these family members

as they've been awaiting a word of the status of their loved ones in the Gaza Strip. More than 240

individuals are currently being held by Hamas and other terror groups in the Gaza Strip.

Among the conversations you'll hear today is one I had with Effie Yahalomi, her brother, Ohad,

and his son, her nephew, her 12-year-old nephew, Aton, were kidnapped and currently being held there.

She tells the remarkable story of the family, including how her sister-in-law and her two daughters

were able to escape Hamas on that day only to come back to their cubits and find out that her husband

and the son were taken to Gaza. You'll also hear from Rotem Cooper. Both of his parents were taken

hostage. They're 84 and 79 years old respectively. Notably his father still being held. His mother

Nuret was one of the two elderly women that was released. Just after 17 days, they'll talk about

her status, her story as much as she can tell right now, as well as what he knows about the fate of

his father. Michael Ohad, Jill Wagner, also had the opportunity to speak with Lee Sasi. She's an

American woman from California who was at that supernova music festival in Israel when Hamas

terrorists started the attack at the music festival. More than 300 people were murdered or kidnapped.

Lee is now back in the US. She speaks with Jill about how she was able to survive and how some of

her close family members were not. These are some very difficult conversations, but important

conversations. As we try to bring you, the individual stories of the people impacted by this war,

we're going to begin with our first conversation with Effie Ahalomi, who lives in Portland, Oregon.

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