The family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin says he has been killed in the Gaza Strip.

The family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin announced the young man’s death early Sunday, ending a relentless campaign by his parents to rescue him that included meetings with world leaders and an address to the Democratic convention last month.

Goldberg-Polin, 23, was seized by militants at a music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7. The native of Berkeley, California, lost part of his left arm to a grenade in the attack. In April, a Hamas-issued video showed him, his left hand missing and clearly speaking under duress, sparking new protests in Israel urging the government to do more to secure his and others’ freedom.

  • Badabinski
    9•17 days ago

    Not trying to be pedantic, but you recover the body once someone is dead. Rescue specifically means that you’re trying to get to a person before further injury or death can occur. Recovering someone’s remains is done almost purely out of respect for our need for burials and closure. It’s a really solomn and respectful thing that’s not to be taken lightly, so recover is absolutely the right word to use here.

    Source: I did some search and rescue training as a kid.

    • TWeaKEnglish
      0•17 days ago

      I mean, you are trying to be pedantic lol but it’s justified in this instance.

    • Neon 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍⚧️🇹🇼🇮🇱🏳️‍🌈
      0•17 days ago

      The Atheist side in me agrees with you.

      But in a lot of religions (islam comes to mind for example) a proper burial is needed to advance to heaven.

      So yes, you’re rescuing them and their soul.

      You can also say that you rescued their bodies from destruction / defiling if you think that the bodies would have been defiled