It’s been 250 days since Jonathan Dekel-Chen last heard from his son Sagui, taken hostage Oct. when Hamas militants executed attacks across Israel, killing and abducting hundreds of civilians. “That was the worst moment of my life,” Dekel-Chen told 10 Tampa Bay on Thursday during an interview in his second home of Sarasota. Dekel-Chen's kibbutz Nir Orz was set ablaze, and Sagui was last seen hiding his wife and two daughters in a secure bunker. “It's excruciating stuff, nightmares every night. He and the other hostages we know now for sure are in a living hell, not of their making. Civilians ripped from their homes,” he added. After a deal that brokered the release of 100 hostages late last year and the rescue of four others last week, Sagui Dekel-Chen is one of 120 hostages and five U.S. citizens still being held captive in Gaza. “Absolutely no guarantee of what his or anybody else's condition is right now,” Dekel-Chen said. An impossible reality for his growing family to grasp. Sagui’s wife who miraculously survived the Oct. 7 attack, recently gave birth to the couple’s third daughter. “[Her] name is Shachar, which is Dawn in Hebrew. [She’s] now about six months old,” he said. MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/hamas-hostage-israel-dad-speaks-out/67-f0179b46-56d7-498b-821a-9dd8834f2446 ►Subscribe: https://on.wtsp.com/youtube ►Website: https://www.wtsp.com/ ►Facebook: https://facebook.com/10TampaBay ►X: https://twitter.com/10TampaBay