IDF recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza tunnel, including a US citizen whose parents spoke at the DNC

Sun, 09/01/2024 - 04:10

Rachel Goldberg and Jonathan Polin hold a picture of their son. — Rachel Goldberg and Jonathan Polin, the parents of the late US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, have been lobbying to bring the hostages home.
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The IDF said it had recovered six hostages' bodies from a tunnel in the Gaza Strip.
One of the bodies recovered was that of US citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
Goldberg-Polin's parents had spoken at the Democratic National Convention.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the bodies of six hostages had been recovered from a tunnel in southern Gaza.

In a statement posted to X, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said the IDF and Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, found and recovered the bodies of Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Master Sergeant Ori Danino near Rafah.