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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 562

Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Images of those held captive in Gaza are displayed at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, on March 31, 2025. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
April 5, 2025, 12:50 am
Hamas says it won’t move hostages to safety, Israel responsible for their lives
IDF chief meets with worried families, assures them fighting will bring home captives; Jon Polin in message to PM: Enough with the paranoid TikTok videos, bring back the hostages
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Family members of Aner Shapiro, killed protecting others in a roadside shelter at the Nova rave on October 7, 2023, launched an album of his songs on March 27, 2025 in Jerusalem (Courtesy)
March 28, 2025, 4:10 pm
Family releases album of raps composed by Oct. 7 hero Aner Shapiro
Clip of ‘Headstart’ features Aner’s best friend, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, singing the song in the car
By Jessica Steinberg
Jon Polin, father of murdered hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, speaks at a religious Zionist rally in Jerusalem calling on the government to promote a deal to free all the hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, December 22, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 22, 2025, 4:19 am
Jon Polin thanks Bar for pushing to expand negotiators’ mandate when gov’t refused
Praising fired Shin Bet chief, dad of murdered captive Hersh Goldberg-Polin says he ‘hopes true story of the failed negotiations to release the hostages will one day be revealed’
By Jacob Magid
Israelis protest against the government and call for early elections, near the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 18, 2024. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
March 17, 2025, 4:17 pm
Protest groups plan huge Jerusalem rally against firing of Shin Bet leader
Business chiefs warn PM against ‘destructive’ move to oust Ronen Bar; minister threatens to suspend funds to Tel Aviv school after principal tells students they should join protest
By ToI Staff
Left to right: Sarit Zussman, mother of Ben Zussman, who was killed fighting in Gaza; Shira Shapiro, mother of Aner Shapira, who was murdered in the October 7, 2023, Hamas onslaught; and Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was murdered in captivity in August 2024, appear in an interview on Channel 12, March 14, 2025. (Screen capture: Channel 12)
March 15, 2025, 6:39 pm
Bereaved mothers learned of sons’ heroism from freed captive: ‘An indescribable gift’
After his release, Or Levy told Shira Shapiro how Aner taught him to fend off grenades, described to Rachel Goldberg-Polin how Hersh helped him find strength to survive
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Elhanan Danino speaks at a memorial event in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, February 20, 2025. (Alon Gilboa/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
March 11, 2025, 12:56 am
A mourning rabbi looks to hostage son, slain in Gaza, for direction as he pushes for a deal
Before he was murdered in captivity, Ori Danino helped fellow hostages, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, in acts of heroism that color how his father now honors his legacy
By Jessica Steinberg
Bereaved father Moshe Shapiro at an event displaying his caricatures sketched before and after his son, Aner Shapiro, was killed on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
March 8, 2025, 8:19 am
Oct. 7 bereaved father draws his hope, sadness and criticism in daily caricatures
Moshe Shapiro, father of hero Aner Shapiro who died protecting Nova partygoers in roadside shelter, seeks his own rehabilitation through a familiar hobby
By Jessica Steinberg
Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin, the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin who was murdered by Hamas terrorists in captivity in Gaza, speak during a rally calling for the release of all hostages, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, November 23, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 9, 2025, 4:40 am
Parents of slain hostage Goldberg-Polin urge Trump to get ‘all 76 hostages out this week’
‘Let’s think bigger and faster,’ not in a phased framework, pleads Jon Polin; US envoy for hostages reacts, saying president has assembled ‘the A team’ to secure everyone’s release
By ToI Staff
Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Poliin, parents of killed US-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin sit with his sisters Orly and Leebie during his funeral in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024, (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / POOL / AFP)
January 29, 2025, 10:32 am
Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s high school reflects after losing 10 graduates in the Gaza war
Himmelfarb in Jerusalem is among the most prominent academies in Israel for religious Zionists, a demographic that has suffered great losses since Oct. 7 – yet spirits remain high
By Deborah Danan
Some of the prominent Jews who passed away in 2024. (Getty Images; Collage by Grace Yagel via JTA)
December 31, 2024, 1:27 am
In memoriam: 18 prominent Jews who died in 2024
This year, the world said goodbye to famous Holocaust survivors, politicians, athletes, and members of the entertainment industry
By JTA Staff
Screengrab from machtoffin.com, an Arabic-language webpage launched by Israel that allows Gazans to provide information on hostages
November 21, 2024, 4:46 pm
New website lets Gazans provide information on hostages in return for rewards
Following PM’s offer of $5 million and free passage out of Gaza, Israel launches site with images of hostages and contact channels
By Gianluca Pacchiani
ToI blogger Rachel Sharansky Danziger (far right), facilitates a discussion between war widow Rachel Goldberg (center) and bereaved mother Rachel Goldberg Polin, titled, 'Rachel weeping for her children.' (Youtube screenshot)
November 16, 2024, 7:22 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 16: Day 407 – Guest conversation: ‘Rachel weeping for her children’
A deep discussion by ToI blogger Rachel Sharansky Danziger, war widow Rachel Goldberg, and bereaved mother Rachel Goldberg-Polin for the anniversary of the biblical matriarch’s death
By ToI Staff
A public bomb shelter where Israelis were murdered in the October 7 massacre, on a road near the Israeli-Gaza border, January 6, 2024 (Flash90)
October 24, 2024, 10:11 pm
IDF says it killed Hamas terrorist who led massacre at Re’im shelter – an UNRWA worker
16 were murdered at concrete shelter and 4 kidnapped, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin; Hamas claims hundreds killed in IDF’s new north Gaza offensive, as army says over 200 arrested
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
This combination of six undated photos shows hostages, from top left, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi; from bottom left, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Carmel Gat. (The Hostages Families Forum via AP)
October 20, 2024, 7:46 pm
Six slain hostages were likely Sinwar’s shields, lived for months on energy bars
Hamas chief was in the same tunnel system as high-profile captives less than two weeks before captors executed them; hostages were likely too malnourished to be moved with him
By ToI Staff
Celtic fans waving a Palestinian flag hold smoke flares during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Celtic FC at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
October 20, 2024, 2:33 pm
Scottish soccer club fans daub graffiti cursing murdered hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Celtic fans defaced bleachers with ‘Fuck Hersh’ graffiti after losing 7-1 to Borussia Dortmund; an Israeli player left the team in March because of anti-Israel sentiment
By ToI Staff
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