Parents of Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin say why they wanted video of abduction released
The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, said that newly released video of his abduction should serve as a "call of action."
The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old Israeli American who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, said Monday that newly released video of his abduction should serve as a “call of action” to do everything possible to free the remaining hostages.
“That’s our son,” Jon Polin told NBC News' Matt Bradley in Jerusalem. “I want all viewers of this video to think in that kind of personal way about what we’re dealing with here, and maybe that can be a call of action to get them motivated to fight [and] do everything we can to bring home these hostages.”
Jon Polin and his wife, Rachel Goldberg, spoke to NBC News hours before the Hostages and Missing Families Forum released a video showing their son’s abduction from the Supernova trance music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7.
The graphic video, recorded by Hamas and reviewed by NBC News journalists, shows Goldberg-Polin in the bed of a pickup truck with part of one of his arms blown off. He is there alongside two other captives: Or Levy, 33, and Eliya Cohen, 26. The three men are bloody and appear dazed as the Hamas militants shout in Arabic and lift their heads by their hair.
Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, speak with NBC News’ Matt Bradley in Jerusalem on Monday.NBC NewsThe forum said it made the video public after the Israel Defense Forces authorized its release. “This harrowing footage stands as a damning testament to the 262-day-long abandonment of our loved ones,” the forum said in a statement. “Hersh, Eliya, and Or were taken alive, and they must return alive, today.”
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