Washington: US President Joe Biden has confirmed that six hostages have been found dead in the Hamas Tunnel near Rafah and out of them, one was a US citizen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin. Several people of Israel were held hostage by the militant organisation Hamas after the Israel Hamas War began in October, 2023.
6 Hostages Found Dead in Hamas Tunnel
Yesterday (Saturday), the IDF and ISA located and recovered the bodies of the hostages Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Master Sergeant Ori Danino, from an underground tunnel in the Rafah area in the Gaza Strip and returned them to Israeli territory.
Following an identification procedure carried out by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine, the Israel Police, and the IDF Military Rabbinate, the IDF Manpower Directorate’s Hostage team, which is responsible for accompanying the families of the hostages, notified their families. The IDF and ISA send their heartfelt condolences to the families.
One Hostage was US Citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Out of the six hostages killed, one of them was Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American who was seized by militants at a music festival in southern Israel on Oct 7; he was 23.
The native of Berkeley, California, lost part of his left arm to a grenade in the attack. In April, a Hamas-issued video showed him, his left hand missing and clearly speaking under duress, sparking new protests in Israel urging the government to do more to secure his and others’ freedom.
The family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin announced the young man’s death early Sunday, ending a relentless campaign by his parents to rescue him that included meetings with world leaders and an address to the Democratic convention last month.
(Inputs from AP)
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