Learned on Saturday Evening that the idf are discovered six bodies in the Gaza Strip and we were waiting identification of those. One of those has now been identified as hersch Goldberg Polin, the Israeli American who viewers may recall seeing in the wake of the hamas led Terrorist Attacks of october the seventh with half of his left arm blown off. He subsequently appeared in Hamas Hostage Video several months ago, his parents have been incredibly vocal. They appeared at the Democratic National Convention. Theyve met with President Biden and theyve been tireless in their campaign to get not just hersh released but also all of the hostages still remaining in the Gaza Strip released as well. The family of hersh put out a Statement Saying with broken hearts, the goldberg family, and the goldbergpolin family, excuse me, as devastated to announce the death if their beloved Son And Brother hersh, the family. Thanks you all for your Love And Support and asked for privacy at this time Presiden
News . Hello and welcome. Im Anna Coren in Hong Kong The Light is now on the Breaking News coming out of gaza the Israeli Military says it recovered the bodies of six hostages from an underground tunnel in the rougher area on saturday the idf has now identified all six saying their families have been notified. They are already dinio carmel gat hersh, goldberg, polin eden, yerushalmi, almog. So rusi and Alex Lobanov israels defensive minister. Defense minister says, and six were killed just before troops could reach them. According to the initial assessment at our disposal, they were brutally murdered by hamas terrorists a short while before we reach them. They were abducted alive on the morning of October 7 by the hamas terror organization. Sheva books well, the White House put out a statement that reads in part, it is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake hamas leaders will pay for these crimes, and we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of
Jerusalem. So what do we know about where thesE Bodies were found . The reaction from officials. And is there any definition yet any clarity around the description of therE Being found being killed a short whilE Before they thE Bodies were discovered we know that they were found in a Tunnel In Rafah in the south of gaza during ongoing Combat Operations by the idf. But on that specificity of the amount of time that they were killed before the troops got there. Thats not clear. We dont know how they died and we dont knoW What led the troops to that tunnel during that combat operation. So theres a lot of unanswered things here. And in that vacuum a lot of pain, a lot of suffering, a lot of angry accusations that the vast majority as you were saying of the families of the hostages, are saying that the Prime Minister should take responsibility and own the fact that it is his own personal style of negotiating and terms of negotiating that have led to the deaths of these hostages. The Prime M
Mentation is going to radically improve this case has been a lifesaver. Im our Life Signs in rehoboth beach, delaware. And this is cnn you are in the cnN Newsroom. Hi, everyone. Im Jessica Dean in New York, and we have a Breaking News in the Israel Hamas War He Israeli Military issuing a rare announcement, their forces have discovered a number of bodies in the gaza strip, moments ago, President Biden acknowledged the discovery to reporters. Now thIs News has prompted the hostage and hostages and missing Families Forum in israel. To call for the public to mobilize, to pressure the netanyahu government to reach an agreement on a Hostage And Ceasefire deal. There are currently 107 total hostages living and dead are still being held in gaza. That is, according to israel and the Hostage Forum see Cnn International Diplomatic editor Nic Robertson is In Jerusalem and nick, its been several hours now since the idf put out what youve categorized and explained as a very rarE Statement, what more
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