Body of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin recovered in Gaza

JERUSALEM -- The household of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin says helium has been killed successful the Gaza Strip.

The household issued a connection aboriginal Sunday, hours aft the Israeli service said it had located bodies successful Gaza.

"With breached hearts, the Goldberg-Polin household is devastated to denote the decease of their beloved lad and brother, Hersh," it said. "The household acknowledgment you each for your emotion and enactment and asks for privateness astatine this time."

There was nary contiguous remark from the army, oregon details astir the different bodies found.

The 23-year-old Goldberg-Polin was among the hostages seized by militants astatine a euphony festival successful confederate Israel connected Oct. 7. He mislaid portion of an limb successful the attack.

Goldberg-Polin's parents became possibly the astir high-profile relatives of hostages connected the planetary stage. They met with President Joe Biden, Pope Francis and others and addressed the United Nations. On Aug. 21, they addressed a hushed hallway astatine the Democratic National Convention, wherever the assemblage chanted: "Bring them home."

A Hamas-issued video successful April showing Goldberg-Polin intelligibly speaking nether duress sparked caller protests successful Israel urging the authorities to bash much to unafraid his and others' freedom.

The announcement is definite to enactment unit connected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scope a woody to bring location remaining hostages. The Israeli person has said subject unit is needed to triumph their merchandise arsenic cease-fire efforts falter.

Before Israel's announcement, Israel said it believed 108 hostages were inactive held successful Gaza and astir one-third of them were dead.