There are planned demonstrations in Israel after the deaths of people in Gaza
Goldberg-Polin’s Last Days: A Call for a Damned War in the Context of a Peace in Gaza
Goldberg-Polin’s parents were immigrants to Israel and became the most famous relatives of hostages on the international stage. They met with Biden, Pope Francis and others and addressed the United Nations, urging the release of all hostages.
She and her husband tried to keep their son out of the clutches of numbers because he had plans to attend university after his military service was over. At events she often addressed her son directly in the hope he could hear her, urging him to live another day.
Some 250 hostages were taken on Oct. 7. Before the military’s announcement of the latest discovery of bodies, Israel said it believed 108 hostages were still held in Gaza and about one-third of them were dead. In August, the Israeli military recovered the bodies of six hostages in southern Gaza.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed over 40,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials, who do not say how many were fighters. It has displaced the vast majority of Gaza’s 2.3 million people, often multiple times, and plunged the besieged territory into a humanitarian catastrophe.
Hamas would be held accountable for the killing of hostages in “cold blood,” and Netanyahu blamed the militant group for the negotiations not happening.
“A deal for the return of the hostages has been on the table for over two months. Those whose deaths we learned about today would have still been alive if it weren’t for the delays, sabotage, and excuses. It said in a statement that it was time to bring the hostages home.
The forum of hostage families called for a massive protest on Sunday in order to push for the implementation of a cease-fire and hostage release.
The October 7 Music Festival in Gaza: Herzog, Gallant, and Hagari: Israel’s Most Celebral President and First Prime Minister
Israel’s mostly ceremonial president, Isaac Herzog, said: “The heart of an entire nation is shattered to pieces.” In the name of the state of Israel, Gallant asked forgiveness for the families he held close to his heart. There was no reply from Netanyahu.
Israel’s Channel 12 reported that he got into a shouting match at the security Cabinet meeting with his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, who claimed that he prioritised control of the strategic corridor over the lives of the people. The Cabinet voted in favor of staying in the corridor over the objections of Gallant, who wanted to prevent a hostage deal.
“According to preliminary information, they were cruelly murdered by Hamas terrorists shortly before we reached them,” Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesperson, told reporters.
The bodies were recovered from a tunnel in the south of Gaza around a mile from where another hostage was freed last week.
The army identified the other hostages as Ori Danino, 25; Eden Yerushalmi, 24; Almog Sarusi, 27; and Alexander Lobanov, 33; who were also taken from the music festival. The sixth, Carmel Gat, 40, was abducted from the nearby farming community of Be’eri.
The native of Berkeley, California, lost part of his left arm to a grenade in the attack. The Israeli government was urging it to do more to secure his and others’ freedom in the face of new protests after a Hamas video showed him without his left hand.
Hersh Goldberg-Polin was one of the hostages taken at a southern Israel music festival by Hamas during the October 7 attack that triggered the war.
In a separate development, gunmen killed three people when they opened fire on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, where Israel has been carrying out large-scale military raids in recent days. Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service confirmed the casualties.
The Histadrut’s War with Israel During the First World War II: The High-profile Hostages of Goldberg-Polin
Goldberg-Polin’s parents, U.S.-born immigrants to Israel, became perhaps the most high-profile relatives of hostages on the international stage. They met with Biden, Pope Francis and others and addressed the United Nations, urging the release of all hostages.
After the remains were found, Gallant asked forgiveness and held their families close to his heart. He wanted the Cabinet to reverse its decision.
Hamas has offered to release the hostages in return for an end to the war, the withdrawal of Israeli forces and the release of a large number of Palestinian prisoners, including high-profile militants.
Izzat al-Rishq, a senior Hamas official, said that if Israel accepted the U.S. backed cease-fire proposal, the hostages would still be alive.
Lt. Col. The army believed there were hostages, but they had no intelligence on them. He said Israeli forces found the bodies several dozen meters (yards) underground as “ongoing combat” was underway, but that there was no firefight in the tunnel itself.
JERUSALEM — Israel’s largest trade union called a general strike for Monday to pressure the government for a cease-fire in Gaza after Israel said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages, including a young Israeli-American man held by Hamas.
The Histadrut, which represents some 800,000 workers in various areas of health care, transportation and banking, is planning a strike that will include the international airport. Israel’s government needs to reach a deal to bring home the remaining hostages if the strike is to succeed.
The new wave of protests in Israel would be fueled by anger and grief. Many Israelis blamed Netanyahu for the failure to bring them back alive in the deal to end the war. Negotiations over such a deal have dragged on for months.
The Israeli military on Sunday recovered the bodies of six people, including a 23-year-old US citizen, held by Hamas since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip. In August, the military had recovered the bodies of six hostages in southern Gaza. Israel has said it believed 108 hostages were still held in Gaza and about one-third of them were dead.