Los Angeles-area relatives of Rom Braslavski — a 21-year-old Israeli being held captive by Hamas — Monday reiterated a “critically urgent” plea to the U.S. government and International Committee of the Red Cross to save him and the other surviving hostages of the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack.

During a news conference at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Yael Niinikoski again pleaded for the return of her grandson. She was joined by Braslavski’s aunt, Anat Braslavski Benmenahem.

Braslavski was a security guard at the Nova music festival in Israel when he was abducted by Hamas-led militia on Oct. 7, 2023. At the time, he stayed behind to help others and saved multiple lives before he was taken captive, according to Niinikoski.

Niinikoski said the family has lived in “silence and despair,” counti

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