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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
WATCH: Parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin plead for hostage deal, urge him to ‘stay strong, survive’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin, parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who is seen in a Hamas video released Wednesday, say in a video statement that, “Seeing the video of Hersh today is overwhelming. We are relieved to see him alive, but we are also concerned about his health and wellbeing as well as that of all the other hostages and all of those suffering in this region.”
Goldberg-Polin’s parents issue “a plea to all of the leaders” who have been negotiating for a hostage deal to date, naming Qatar, Egypt, the United States, Hamas and Israel: “Be brave, lean in, seize this moment and get a deal done to reunite all of us with our loved ones and end the suffering in this region,” say the Goldberg-Polins.
“Hersh, if you can hear this, we heard your voice today for the first time in 201 days. And if you can hear us, we are telling you, we love you, stay strong, survive.”
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