Her son was taken by Hamas. She threw him a concert in the hopes he could hear it

Idit Ohel is the mother of Alon Ohel, who was kidnapped by Hamas militants. "I know that he's alive because he was taken alive, and I know that he's alive because I'm a mother," she says. (Tamir Kalifa for NPR)

ZIKIM, Israel — Idit Ohel has not heard from her eldest son, Alon Ohel, in more than three months.

"I know that he's alive," she says. "I know that he's alive because he was taken alive, and I know that he's alive because I'm a mother."