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Parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin push for deal after his killing in Hamas captivity
First interview with the parents of Israeli American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin after his body was found in a Gaza tunnel — the squalid conditions he was kept in, their exasperation with the failed diplomatic process, and their warning that remaining hostages 'are not going to make it much longer.'
In their first interview since Israeli American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin was killed in Hamas captivity, his parents told McLaughlin in Jerusalem that his body was found “bullet ridden and emaciated” in a 60-foot-deep tunnel — and warned the scores of hostages still held in Gaza were running out of time.
Why it mattered
Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin's high-profile push for a cease-fire made their son the most recognizable hostage of the war; this was their first interview after his death.
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