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Monday, September 2, 2024
Thousands salute funeral procession of murdered hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Michael Bachner is a news editor at The Times of Israel

Israelis line the streets ahead of the funeral of murdered hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, in Jerusalem, September 2, 2024. (Michael Bachner/The Times of Israel)
Thousands line Jerusalem’s streets to pay their last respects to slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, in a sea of Israeli flags.
They stand along the route along which the funeral procession and the family are driving from the Baka neighborhood to the Givat Shaul cemetery, where he is scheduled to be interred at 4 p.m.
שרשרת אנושית עם דגלי ישראל מלווה בדרכו האחרונה את הירש גולדברג פולין ז"ל בדרכו האחרונה להר המנוחות בירושלים pic.twitter.com/CxXsC5CqyD
— חזקי ברוך (@HezkeiB) September 2, 2024