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Mother of hostage: "All nan parties astatine nan array person failed"
Hamas released a video Wednesday appearing to show 1 of its Israeli hostages delivering an reside successful captivity. In nan video, a man identifies himself arsenic Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin earlier delivering a agelong connection intelligibly crafted by Hamas, which has agelong been designated a violent statement by nan U.S. and Israel.
The video whitethorn springiness nan young man's family hope, however, arsenic nan connection he conveys includes a reference to his 200 days successful captivity – which suggests it was either filmed connected aliases to people April 24, precisely 200 days since Hamas launched its attack. CBS News cannot verify nan day of filming aliases nan contents of nan video released by Hamas' equipped Al-Qassam Brigades, but it was posted connected nan aforesaid societal media transmission utilized regularly by nan group to people propaganda videos, including others showing hostages.
There had been nary clear denotation from Hamas that Goldberg-Polin was still alive. He was earnestly injured erstwhile militants rampaged done nan euphony festival he was attending adjacent nan Gaza separator during Hamas' unprecedented Oct. 7 violent onslaught connected Israel.
Israeli-American Hamas hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin appears successful a propaganda video released by nan Palestinian militant group connected April 24, 2024.
In nan video, Goldberg-Polin shows that he is missing his near hand, and location are immoderate marks visible connected his caput and face, but he speaks intelligibly successful Hebrew and appears different bladed but healthy. The video includes English subtitles, which CBS News has verified arsenic accurate.
The connection he delivers, intelligibly nether duress successful Hamas captivity, includes a litany of insults and admonishments for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to unafraid a woody for nan remaining hostages' release.
There are believed to beryllium astir 100 group still held successful Gaza, of nan astir 240 initially taken hostage by Hamas.
It is not clear really galore of nan remaining hostages are still alive, but Goldberg-Polin says successful nan videotaped connection that Israeli airstrikes connected Gaza person killed astir 70 of nan captives. Hamas has antecedently issued mendacious statements astir nan hostages' fate, accusing Israel of sidesplitting group who were later recovered alive.
The video was released nan time aft Jews marked nan Passover holiday, and nan Israeli-American man's mother Rachel Goldberg was quoted Tuesday by nan French news agency AFP arsenic saying, "all of nan symbolic things we do astatine nan seder will return connected a overmuch much profound and heavy meaning this year."
Goldberg told CBS' "Face nan Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan earlier this period that her family was surviving done "a painful, staggeringly indescribable odyssey" arsenic they waited for news of her son. They knew already that he'd mislaid portion of an limb successful nan Oct. 7 onslaught connected nan Supernova euphony festival, and had to use his ain tourniquet, according to witnesses.
Goldberg-Polin is 1 of 8 Americans still believed to beryllium held successful Gaza.
This is simply a processing communicative and will beryllium updated.
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Tucker Reals
Tucker Reals is cbsnews.com's overseas editor, based successful nan CBS News London bureau. He has worked for CBS News since 2006, anterior to which he worked for The Associated Press successful Washington D.C. and London.
