American-Israeli Hostage Held by Hamas Passes Away...

a special thank you to each of our subscribers who make this channel possible here's today's story Hersch Goldberg pollen an American Israeli who was held captive by Hamas and Gaza has passed away according to his family's announcement on Sunday this sad news adds to the ongoing distress of families with loved ones who were taken captive by the militants over 10 months ago the confirmation of goldber pollen's death came shortly after the Israeli military declared the discovery of the body of six hostages who were held in Gaza a coalition representing the families of the hostages has urged the public to unite following the Israel Defense Forces revelation of finding a number of bodies in Gaza the demands by the hostages and missing families for him came as thousands rallied across Israel on Saturday demanding a ceasefire for hostages deal Netanyahu abandoned the hostages of first phase involving a six- week ceasefire a second phase that would release all hostages and a withdrawal of all IDF presence from Gaza in a third reconstruction phase however the current proposal if agreed upon essentially allows Israel and Hamas to abandon discussions after the first phase and Israel has made it clear that a break into fighting may be just that and it is not ready to agree to a permanent ceasefire more than 100 hostages taken from Israel were freed under a temporary truce last year and a have been rescued alive including Farhan aladi who was recovered from a homos tunnel this week however more than 100 are thought to remain in Gaza CNN previously reported that there are 107 total hostages living and dead being held in Gaza according to Israel's prime minister's office and the hostages and missing families Forum of that number 103 hostages are from the October 7th amas attack on Israel of those 33 are presumed dead according to the Forum in figures given before Sunday's announcement the body of Israeli American hostage HH Goldberg Polland was among six recovered in Gaza by Israeli forces President Joe Biden said late Saturday earlier today in a tunnel under the city of Rafa Israeli forces recovered six bodies of hostages held by Hamas Biden said in a statement we have now confirmed that one of the hostages was an American citizen HH Goldberg pollen he added the 23-year-old was among 251 hostages seized during the October 7 attack on Southern Israel by Palestinian militants the bodies of Goldberg pollen and other hostages eating Yosi 24 Alexander linov 32 ALC cusi 25 ory denino 25 and carlat 40 have been returned to Israel according to Israeli military officials who believe the hostages were killed shortly before they were discovered some 100 hostages remain in captivity dozens of whom the Israeli military says are dead the parents of Goldberg pollen who was abducted from the Supernova Music Festival addressed delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last month on Thursday the couple joined other relatives of hostages rallying near the Gaza border hersh's Mom I love you stay strong survive Rachel Goldberg pollen shouted into a microphone her son had hidden in a bomb shelter with other people on October 7th but it was surrounded by gunmen who attacked It With Grenades a Hamas video from the day showed him being loaded onto a pickup truck with part of his left arm which was blown off in the attack missing he appeared in a proof of Life video released by Hamas on April 24th in which he said the captives were living in Hell his left arm had been amputated below the elbow hamas's October 7th attack resulted in the deaths of 1,199 people mostly civilians according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures Israel's retaliatory military campaign has killed at least 4,691 people in Gaza according to the territory's health Ministry the UN rights office says most of the Dead are women and children tributes were pouring in on Sunday for the six hostages who were found dead in southern Gaza over the weekend the hostages whose bodies were retrieved from a tunnel ranged in age from 23 to 40 five had been at a dance music festival in southern Israel when they were taken captive during the October 7th ATT attack on Israel by Hamas and its allies a sixth was taken from the village of biri the hostages and missing families Forum a group of their relatives identified the dead as Carmel Gad Eden Yami hers Goldberg pollen Alexander linov alusi and Ori denino they were among the roughly 100 hostages remaining in Gaza both dead and alive here is what we know about them HH Goldberg pollen 23 Mr Goldberg pollen was a dual Israeli American citizen who was taken hostage from the festival in southern Israel on October 7th his mother Rachel Goldberg pollen had traveled the world since advocating the release of the hostages hirs is a happy go-lucky laid-back good humored respectful and curious person she said earlier this month when she spoke at the Democratic National Convention that's all for this story We upload 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