(Sacramento, CA) — A Sacramento resident is waiting for signs that several family members are safe after they were kidnapped by Hamas. Ryan Pessah says his cousin and his cousin’s girlfriend were among nearly 200 people kidnapped in Israel on October 7th. His family received a video of the couple with Hamas militants. The couple was kidnapped from a bomb shelter.

The cousin’s 16 and 12-year-old sons were also kidnapped from their home.

Pessah says he has not communicated with his relatives since they were taken hostage.