Hundreds of US families stranded in war-torn Israel plead with State Dept for safe return: 'We're scared'

U.S. families in Israel plead with the State Department to help them evacuate the region as persisting flight cancellations have left many of them stranded in a warzone.

Orthodox Jews there had been off electronics, including their cell phones, and had not known the extent of the bloodshed in southern Israel until Sunday evening when the holiday concluded. That's when they learned the harrowing details of Hamas' massacre on Israeli civilians and were informed that their flights home had been canceled indefinitely.  ‘I’m worried about my kids. This has been traumatic. They cry every time we have to run into a shelter." "We are all changed forever. I can't fathom going back to normal life."  "I simultaneously want to run home to my quiet farm in the U.S., but also stay and support my family." Yael Halon is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to yael.halon@fox.com. 

They spent the next several hours scrambling for alternative flights to no avail. Many of them were forced to accept the dreaded reality: They were now stuck in a region bracing for war.