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“The Rafah Brigade has been defeated. Their four battalions have been destroyed, and we have completed operational control over the entire urban area”

COMMENTARY MAG Hamas On The Ropes: A Progress Report Jonathan Schanzer September 12, 2024 The Israel Defense Force (IDF) announced today, September 12, that the southern army of Hamas in Gaza, called the Rafah Brigade, had been dismantled. The spokesman’s … Continue reading

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“Hersh was described as funny with a dry, dark sense of humor. He was obsessed with soccer and loved electronic music”

FDD Hamas Executes Six Israeli Hostages in Rafah, IDF Returns Remains to Families September 1, 2024 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on September 1 that the bodies of six murdered Israelis were discovered in a tunnel below Rafah. The … Continue reading

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“I need you to help us stay strong and I need you to help us survive,” his mother, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, said at the Jerusalem service.

KVELLER At Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s Funeral, A Beautiful Boy Remembered Lior Zaltzman September 3, 2024 Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s funeral at Jerusalem’s Har Hamenuchot cemetery this Monday was packed. Crowds wearing red shirts, for HaPoel Jerusalem, Hersh’s beloved local team, flooded the road … Continue reading

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“The UN has not said a word. Neither has the Red Cross. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch do not care either. That should be the main story here”

FUTURE OF JEWISH Hamas’ psychological warfare knows no bounds Joshua Hoffman September 1, 2024 By now you have probably heard the heart-wrenching news: The bodies of six hostages abducted alive by Palestinians on October 7th were recovered from a tunnel … Continue reading

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Parents of Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin speak at 2024 DNC; both parents wore a piece of tape with “320” written on it, marking the number of days Hersh has been in captivity.

COMMENTARY The Fight Over Having a Palestinian Speaker at the DNC Seth Mandel August 22, 2024 After the parents of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin were given a gracious reception at the Democratic National Convention last night, demands that a Palestinian-American … Continue reading

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#BringThemHome #ReleaseTheHostages Images – extracted from a Hamas video found by Israel – are being released for the first time tonight by the families of the three hostages

i24NEWS 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 … Continue reading

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#BRINGTHEMHOME “The footage reveals the violent, humiliating and traumatizing treatment the girls endured on the day of their abduction, their eyes filled with raw terror”

JNS Video shows Hamas abduction of female IDF spotters on Oct. 7 Joshua Marks, Amelie Botbol May 22, 2024 The Hostages and Missing Families Forum on Wednesday evening released a video of Hamas terrorists abducting female Israel Defense Forces spotters … Continue reading

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“The contrast between the bon vivant Hersh that the country has come to know in the last 200 days through photos and the thin, scared, and dour Hersh in Wednesday’s video was startling”

JPOST Clip of Hersh Goldberg-Polin evokes joy and heartbreak throughout the country Editorial Board April 26, 2024 The video clip of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, which dominated social media channels on Wednesday night, achieved the nearly impossible task of simultaneously evoking joy … Continue reading

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Rachel Goldberg: “I feel like we’re pawns in a game. Or maybe it’s theater”

Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, is one of many young people taken hostage by Hamas during an incursion into Israel that killed more than 1,300 others. His parents Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, Americans who moved to Israel more than a decade … Continue reading

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Childhood friends Aner Shapira and Hersh Goldberg-Polin went to a party the night of October 6, a gathering of peace-loving youth…

NEW YORK POST Chilling video shows Israeli soldier toss grenades back at Hamas terrorists, saving several people Yaron Steinbuch November 14, 2023 Chilling newly released video appears to show the moment a heroic off-duty Israeli soldier tossed hand grenades back … Continue reading

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