US families of Hamas attack victims tell of ‘total horror’

Sagui Dekel-Chen, from Connecticut, who is missing. ‘We’ve had no word from the Israeli or US government,’ his father said. Photograph: Debbie Hill/UPI/Shutterstock

As US officials work to determine the whereabouts of 14 US citizens unaccounted for since last Saturday’s deadly Hamas assault on Israel, US families of the dead or missing are describing their loss.

At least 22 Americans are known to have died in last Saturday’s attacks, and officials have said they are working to determine whether those missing have been killed or taken hostage.