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Meanwhile, the U-S is urging ALL Americans currently in either country... to evacuate. Tonight we are hearing from an Iowan who is in Israel right now. ����vlog's Pepper Purpura talked with the Des Moines resident this afternoon. Pepper... she says her family's been told to take shelter several times since arriving. That's correct Ben. Since January, the U.S. has recommended Americans reconsider traveling in Israel because of?terrorism?and? civil unrest. Now, tension is escalating and flights in the region are being cancelled. Air Strikes - and counter strikes - are escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. BHDNóIN- 71FRóISRAELó PM NETANYAHU STATEMENT ON STRIKES ó ó ����vlogf6d9ó174 00:00:38:12 "IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, WE'VE TAKEN OUT TOP MILITARY COMMANDERS, SENIOR NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS, THE ISLAMIC REGIME'S MOST SIGNIFICANT ENRICHMENT FACILITY, AND A LARGE PORTION OF ITS BALLISTIC MISSILE ARSENAL. MORE IS ON THE WAY. " > but just hours before the first missile fired on Thursday, Chris Lederman of Des Moines touched down in the middle east. < 00:01:15:10 "WE GOT IN YESTERDAY" Lederman's flight was one of the last to arrive in Israel before planes were grounded across the country. She made the trip to attend a family member's wedding, but now she says she's unsure if the celebration can continue. < 00:11:19:16 "WE HAD MORE FAMILY FROM IOWA COMING TOMORROW. BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT IN." > In the day she's been in Modiin - a region midway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem - she says her family's taken shelter several times. This is her video from last night. < 00:00:05:21 "THERE'S THOSE SIRENS" > < 00:02:03:13 "THE SIRENS GO OFF WE GO IN THE SAFE ROOM. WE HAVE 90 SECONDS TO GO TO THE SAFE ROOM AND THEN AFTER TEN MINUTES, WE ARE ABLE TO LEAVE UNLESS WE HEAR MORE FROM HOME COMMAND." > The family she's staying with says the sirens are going off more frequent than before the attacks. However - < "I FELT SAFE, I NEVER FELT IN DANGER AND GROWING UP WITH THE MEDIA ABOUT ISRAEL, I WAS A LITTLE SCARED TO COME TO TRAVEL TO ISRAEL. BUT EVERYTHING THAT I WAS SCARED OF IS NOT NOTHING SCARY HERE."> Lederman says she was scheduled return to th