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Hostage families publish video of Hamas kidnapping Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Or Levy and Eliya Cohen
June 24, 2024

On Monday evening, the Hostage Families Forum Headquarters released new footage documenting the kidnapping of Eliya Cohen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, and Or Levy on October 7. The release was made at the request of the families of Cohen, Goldberg-Polin, and Levy. The video comprises three parts, with the first two having been previously published, while the third part has recently been cleared for publication by the IDF. In the first segment, Hamas terrorists are seen attacking the site where the hostages were hiding after the assault on the Nova music festival, a location now referred to as the ‘Death Shelter’ due to the numerous casualties there. The footage shows a terrorist repeatedly firing into the shelter with a rifle. READ MORE

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Chicago truck driver raises awareness for childhood friend held hostage in Gaza  The box truck was parked beside a quiet sidewalk in Chicago’s West Loop. A few people stopped, glancing curiously at the image flashing on its rear door: a young man, his expression resolute but tinged with sadness. Below his figure was a message in bold letters: “Chicagoan kidnapped by Hamas.” “He’s always up there,” said the truck’s driver, Jeremiah Smith, 27, as he stared at the image. “I always know that.” Twelve hours a day, six days a week, Smith drives the truck through the Chicago area, raising awareness for the scores of Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas. But the man on the screen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, is more than a distant figure. To Smith, he’s like a brother. When Smith was 6 years old, he met Hersh’s grandmother [Chicagoan Marcy Goldberg], a tutor at his elementary school, and was taken under her wing.