Good morning, good morning, to sunday september 1st. Im ali velshi. We Come On air with Breaking News out of the middle east. The bodies of six israeli hostages taken by hamas during the October 7th attacks have been recovered in gaza. There bodies were found late yesterday in an underground tunnel beneath the southern city of rafah. According to the israeli military, it appears the hostages were killed shortly before the idf was able to reach them. They have been identified by the idf as carmel gat, eden yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, Master Sergeant Ori danino and american israeli, hersh goldbergpolin. Hersh goldbergpolin was attending the Music Vessel one hamas launched the attack took he was taken hostage along with many others and later became one of the most wellknown captives having been injured in multiple Hostage Videos that were purred out by hamas. In the wake of his capture, his parents were extremely outspoken in their efforts to bring home their son and the
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