South Florida native desperately trying to get out of Israel: "It's very, very dangerous here"

A South Florida native who is stuck in Jerusalem in Israel said the current situation isn't safe and is trying to get back home.

"It's very, very dangerous here," Scott Wayne, of Aventura, said. "It's very, very scary here."

He's referencing the joint military operation underway in Iran by the United States and Israel that started over the weekend. Iran has responded by lobbing missiles into Israel.

With his medical condition, he said he's having a hard time constantly taking the four flights of stairs up and down to his bomb shelter.

"I want to leave now because I'm quite concerned for my safety with my medical condition," he told CBS News Miami's Morgan Rynor.

He said he's had no luck reaching out to the government for help.

"They're not responding to me on the STEP program, my congressperson is not," Wayne said. "I just feel like the Trump administration could do more to help evacuate us."

The Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) is a free service for U.S. citizens and nationals to enroll their trip abroad so the Department of State can accurately and quickly contact them in case of an emergency.

On the other side of the coin, one father is desperately trying to get back to Israel. He's currently stuck in South Florida, where his family used to live.

His wife says he feels guilty for not being able to comfort their six kids as they run in and out of bomb shelters.

"It's so hard for me to sleep here because I can't help you, and I can be there for you, and I can't even tell you when I'm going to be back," Briana Dvorah Biton quoted her husband. "You know, as a father and as a father and a husband, that's very difficult."

All flights to Israel have been canceled, but El Al did say it was setting up repatriation flights for the moment when the air space opens back up.

A repatriation flight returns someone back to their home country.

In the first phase, El Al said it would operate recovery flights from its primary gateways in the United States, including Miami.

As for other airlines, Emirates flights to and from Dubai remain suspended until at least Wednesday, but they do have some repatriation flights operating.

Qatar Airways, which has a flight from Miami International Airport to Doha, Qatar, cancelled the flights as well.