Families released a disturbing video showing an American and two others being abducted by Hamas during the Oct. 7 terror attacks. It comes as Israel’s defense minister visits the U.S. for key meetings. NBC’s Matt Bradley reports for TODAY. Warning: The video is graphic.
TEL AVIV — It’s Almog Levy’s third birthday on Tuesday, but his parents won’t be able to celebrate it with him. The last time he saw them was on Oct. 6, hours before his mother, Eynav, was shot dead by Hamas gunmen, who abducted his father Or. Watching him “calling for his parents every day, and understand why he can’t meet them — I can’t even start to describe how horrible this feeling is,” Michael Levy, Or’s older brother, told NBC News on Monday.
Over the weekend, Netanyahu appeared to back further away from a cease-fire agreement with Hamas that is supported by the Biden administration, saying the “intensive” phase of Israel’s war in Gaza would end soon and signaling that he would accept only a “partial” deal that would not end the war. And there is growing frustration within Israel and on the international stage over Netanyahu’s handling of the war.
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