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“We had been preparing ourselves for a negative response ... and we were shocked,” said Rachel Goldberg-Polin.
“This is a political convention. But needing our only son, and all of the cherished hostages, home is not a political issue. It is a humanitarian issue.”
An interview with Louis Har, who spent 129 days in Hamas captivity after being taken hostage on Oct. 7.
“It is critical to remember the goals of the war and to achieve them—regarding Hamas, regarding the hostages, and we also understand why we are looking toward the north,” says Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
One message sent to hostage families read, “If you don’t fight, you won’t see your loved ones return,” according to the report.
The Israeli-American Council aimed to create “a pro-Israel space for people who want to show solidarity with Israel, with the hostage families and to raise awareness of the situation of the hostages still being held in Gaza.”
“We will also be very, very determined and persist in bringing the fallen back” for Jewish burial, said the top IDF commander.
Washington is increasingly pessimistic due to Hamas’s public rejections of the latest bridging proposal, but still holds out hope.
The hostages’ remains were found near the bodies of Hamas terrorists, and their cause of death remains unclear, according to the IDF.
Sigrid Kaag’s office did not make clear whether the move had been postponed or canceled.
In the upcoming weeks, another 43,250 vials of polio jab are scheduled to arrive in Israel and will be delivered to the Strip.
The IDF claims the individuals in question were “found not to be involved in terrorist activities.”
