US ambassador visited parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin overnight

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

US Ambassador Jack Lew speaks in an interview with Channel 12 news broadcast on May 12, 2024. (Screenshot: Channel 12)
US Ambassador Jack Lew speaks in an interview with Channel 12 news broadcast on May 12, 2024. (Screenshot: Channel 12)

US Ambassador Jack Lew visited the Jerusalem home of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s parents, Rachel and Jon, last night at 3 a.m., several hours before the IDF formally announced that it had recovered his body, after he was murdered in captivity by Hamas, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The gesture by Lew was the latest demonstration of how closely the Biden administration has worked with the families of the American hostages, the source says.

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