{"id":2229273,"date":"2024-04-24T14:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T18:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-american-hostage-appears-in-hamas-propaganda-video\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T15:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T19:01:42","slug":"israeli-american-hostage-appears-in-hamas-propaganda-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-american-hostage-appears-in-hamas-propaganda-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli-American hostage featured in Hamas propaganda video"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisraeli-american-hostage-appears-in-hamas-propaganda-video%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2229273&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Hamas \u200breleased a propaganda video featuring \u200cIsraeli-American hostage Hersh\u2064 Goldberg-Polin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uae-princess-sheikha-latifa-claims-she-is-a-hostage-in-new-videos\/\" title=\"UAE Princess Sheikha Latifa Claims She Is \u2018A Hostage\u2019 In New Videos\">held captive<\/a> in Gaza\u200b since his \u2064abduction from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coachella-and-stagecoach-music-festivals-canceled-for-third-time\/\" title=\"Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals canceled for third time\">music festival<\/a>. In\u2064 the video, Goldberg-Polin criticizes the Israeli government, \u200bidentifies himself, and marks his 200th day\u200b in captivity. The Hostages and Missing\u200d Families Forum calls \u200bfor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gun-control-groups-lash-out-at-biden\/\" title=\"Gun-Control Groups Lash Out at Biden\">urgent action<\/a> to \u2064free all hostages. This video \u200bconfirms his survival and reveals the plight of other hostages \u200din Gaza.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> released a propaganda video appearing to feature an Israeli American hostage who remains held captive by the terrorist group in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, was seated in a chair and addressed the camera directly in the video. The video shows that his left hand and forearm had been amputated. Goldberg-Polin was kidnapped from the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, which was filmed under duress, Goldberg-Polin criticizes the Israeli government and Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>, saying they should be ashamed. He also identified himself and his date of birth, and he characterized his kidnapping as an arrest.<\/p>\n<p>He references being \u201chere for almost 200 days,\u201d indicating that the video, if he was telling the truth, was likely filmed shortly before Tuesday, the 200th\u00a0day of the war.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Rachel Goldberg, center, mother of American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, along with other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">families<\/a> of hostages in Gaza, speak to reporters Tuesday, April 9, 2024, outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHersh\u2019s cry is the collective cry of all the hostages \u2013 their time is rapidly running out,\u201d the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, an organization dedicated to raising awareness of and securing the freedom of the hostages, said in a statement. \u201cWith each passing day, the fear of losing more innocent lives grows stronger. We cannot afford to waste any more time; the hostages must be the top priority. All the hostages must be brought home \u2013 those alive to begin the process of rehabilitation, and those murdered for a dignified burial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video represents the first confirmation that Goldberg-Polin survived after being badly wounded during his kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas kidnapped about 253 people during the Oct. 7 attacks, in addition to murdering roughly 1,200 people, and about 130 are still being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-public-schools-reaches-tentative-reopening-deal-with-teachers-union-students-may-return-this-week\/\" title=\"Chicago Public Schools Reaches \u2018Tentative\u2019 Reopening Deal With Teachers Union, Students May Return This Week\">held hostage<\/a> in Gaza. It is unclear how many of the hostages are still alive.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin\u2019s parents:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing the video of Hersh today is overwhelming. We are relieved to see him alive but we are also concerned about his health and wellbeing as well as that of all the other hostages and all of those suffering in this region. <\/p>\n<p>We are here\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MQwZITbGSO\">pic.twitter.com\/MQwZITbGSO<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EylonALevy\/status\/1783189514770383035?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Goldberg-Polin is one of five Americans believed to be alive and held hostage in Gaza. The other four are Edan Alexander,\u00a0Sagui Dekel-Chen,\u00a0Omer Neutra,\u00a0and Keith Siegel.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the National Security Council told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that it received the Goldberg-Polin video on Monday and that the FBI is examining it to see if any intelligence can be learned from it.<\/p>\n<p>One former hostage, who was released during the weeklong ceasefire that took place in late November, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2940915\/fetterman-hamas-rapists-cowards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> she was sexually assaulted while in captivity.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23. He is an American-Israeli dual citizen. Seen here before his kidnapping and in a recently released hostage video, his arm blown off. It\u2019s been 200 days in hell. There are 133 of him. Bring them home \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W2dsCBvDRU\">pic.twitter.com\/W2dsCBvDRU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yael Bar tur \ud83c\udf97\ufe0f (@yaelbt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaelbt\/status\/1783139569321259147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In March, the United Nations Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict \u201cfound clear and convincing information that sexual violence, including rape, sexualized torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment has been committed against hostages and has reasonable grounds to believe that such violence may be ongoing against those still held in captivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S., Qatar, and Egypt have sought to broker a second ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, but they have not been able to break through since the end of the first ceasefire agreement last year.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/2960591\/hamas-hostages-how-many-where-things-stand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>appeared close to a deal<\/a> about two weeks ago with a U.S.-proposed deal, but it has not come to fruition. President Joe Biden said on April 10 that it\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/2961464\/biden-its-now-up-to-hamas-to-agree-to-ceasefire-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>now up to Hamas<\/a>\u201d and that, \u201cthey need to move on the proposal that has been made,\u201d but the negotiations have not resulted in a deal yet.<\/p>\n<p>A day before Biden\u2019s comments, Vice President Kamala Harris met with the family members of American hostages, including Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg, Hersh\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Hamas propaganda video allegedly shows an Israeli-American hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, still captive in Gaza. The video, featuring Goldberg-Polin, 23, seated and speaking to the camera, reveals his amputated left hand and forearm. 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