From Parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin call for public to keep fighting for hostages ‘before it’s too late’
The parents of slain-Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin call on the public to keep protesting for a deal that will enable the release of the 101 hostages held captive by Hamas in Gaza.
In a video published online, Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin wear masking tape on their shirts with the number “342” written on them, to signify the number of days that have passed since 251 hostages were abducted on October 7, 97 of whom are still in captivity.
Hersh, along with Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lobanov, Carmel Gat and Almog Sarusi, was executed in a tunnel in southern Gaza’s Rafah late last month, and his body recovered by the IDF overnight on August 31.
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“We are still in mourning, but we are also in an emergency situation,” Jon starts. “We are speaking on our behalf, but also in the sweet memories of the precious souls of Hersh, Alex, Almog, Ori, Eden and Carmel.”
“Their deaths could have and should have been avoided,” he says. “People in positions of power failed them and failed us as their families. No other family should experience what we are experiencing. We must continue to act to save the remaining 101.”
Rachel takes over, reiterating her husband’s statement about an “emergency situation.”
“We have people whose lives are hanging in the balance and we don’t want any other family to experience what we are currently experiencing, along with the precious other five that Jon mentioned,” she says.
Addressing the many people she says have offered help in recent days, she asks them to: “Keep writing to the White House house, keep writing to the prime minister, keep wearing the tape, keep going out and advocating.”
“We have to figure out a way to get these people home before it’s too late,” she says. “So please keep doing what you have been doing for all of these days. It’s day 342. Let’s get this to an end in the memory of those beautiful six.”
