Israeli-American hostage dead after IDF locates ‘a number of bodies’ – Washington Examiner
An Israeli-American hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, has been confirmed dead following his abduction during a Hamas attack on October 7. The news was made public by his family, who expressed their devastation in an Instagram post, thanking supporters for their love and requesting privacy. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) reported discovering several bodies in Gaza, including Goldberg-Polin’s, in a tunnel under Rafah. President Joe Biden acknowledged the recovery of the bodies and highlighted Goldberg-Polin’s actions during the initial attack, noting he lost his arm while trying to assist others.
Israeli-American hostage dead after IDF locates ‘a number of bodies’
An Israeli American taken hostage during Hamas‘s Oct. 7 attack on Israel is dead, his family confirmed on Saturday.
In a statement posted to Instagram, the family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old male who was taken hostage by Hamas during its attack on the Supernova music festival, said they are “devastated” following the death of their son.
“With broken hearts, the Goldberg-Polin family is devastated to announce the death of their beloved son and brother, Hersh. The family thanks you all for your love and support and asks for privacy at this time,” the family said.
The confirmation of Goldberg-Polin’s death comes after the IDF announced on Saturday that they located “a number of bodies” in Gaza.
President Joe Biden confirmed this in a statement, saying six bodies of hostages held by Hamas were found “in a tunnel under the city of Rafah.”
“Earlier today, in a tunnel under the city of Rafah, Israeli forces recovered six bodies of hostages held by Hamas. We have now confirmed that one of the hostages killed by these vicious Hamas terrorists was an American citizen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin,” he said.
Biden proceeded to describe Goldberg-Polin as one of the “innocents brutally attacked while attending a music festival for peace in Israel on October 7,” referencing how “He lost his arm helping friends and strangers during Hamas’ savage massacre.”
In April, Hamas posted a video of Hersh Goldberg-Polin on Telegram, in which he was noticeably missing a part of his left arm and speaking under duress.
In the video, he said, “I was arrested on Oct. 7 at the Nova concert in Re’im. Instead, I found myself struggling to survive with serious injuries all over my body. Nevertheless, I took it upon myself to protect myself and the people who were afraid around me because there was no one to protect us that day.”
Hersh Goldberg-Polin is the son of Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin, who both gave an emotional speech at the Democratic National Convention nearly two weeks ago.
According to the Jerusalem Post, Hersh Goldberg-Polin was born in California but moved to Israel when he was 7 years old. He was described as loving soccer and electronic music.
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Enemy Within
Solution for fighting the enemy’s within is easy said then done, but let’s look at some of those reasons why, current issue the Hamas /Israel war, how and why did it come about? The lazy six months on six months off Biden Harris inadequate leadership decided to make Iran as rich as possible suppling China oil, Joe Biden’s family financial benefactor, why? because of Biden family received personal financial gain from Communist China, Hell ,Biden even sold China our National Oil reserves to China, Then at the same time giving large amounts of your tax payer money to the Palestinians to build tunnels so much so, they had money to put bounties on dogs, of course this help feed Hamas with all that money they could take in. Democrats say this was just an appeasement deal to keep peace ongoing! B S. The Biden Harris ticket has been squandering billions of your tax dollars since being in office. Now that war has escalated it is affecting elections. These people can’t be allowed to return to power they are un- American in their every thought word and deed. Why are so many anti American Palestinians here in this Country because Biden and Harris have encouraged it,they could get then to vote democrat even though most are here illegally, or on visa, burning our flags and recking our school systems with their policy of hate towards Jews. This is all part of the Bidens Harris open border policy to kill our American Values. Harris made VP to appease Bernie Sanders radical type thinking which Harris has always been a believer. All can be voted out in November, God Bless America.