ISRAEL'S MILITARY HAS NOW RECOVERED THE BODIES OF 6 HOSTAGES IN GAZA, INCLUDING AN ISRAELI-AMERICAN WITH TIES HERE TO CHICAGO. CHRISTINE FLORES LATEST. >> HAS THE LATEST NOW FROM THE NEWSROOM. GOOD MORNING, CHRISTINE. GOOD MORNING, SEAN. FAMILIES WHO FEAR TIME WAS RUNNING OUT TO SAVE THEIR LOVED ONES ARE NOW FACED WITH THIS HEARTBREAKING NEWS. THE 6 HOSTAGES WERE SEIZED. >> BY THE MILITANTS MORE THAN 10 MONTHS AGO ON OCTOBER, 7TH. >> A STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN CONFIRMED THE DISCOVERY OF 6 HOSTAGES WHO WERE HELD BY HAMAS IN A TUNNEL UNDER THE CITY OF RAFAH. THEY ALSO CONFIRMED ONE OF THE HOSTAGES KILLED WAS 23 YEAR-OLD HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN AND ISRAELI AMERICAN WHO WAS AMONG THE HOSTAGES SEIZED BY MILITANTS AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL ON OCTOBER, 7TH GOLDBERG-POLIN HAD LOST PART OF HIS ARM IN THE ATTACK. HIS PARENTS WHOSE MOTHER IS FROM CHICAGO ISSUED A STATEMENT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING SAYING IN PART WITH BROKEN HEARTS, THE GOLDBERG-POLIN FAMILY IS DEVASTATED TO ANNOUNCE THE DEATH OF THEIR BELOVED SON AND BROTHER HERSH, THE FAMILY. THANKS YOU ALL FOR THEIR LOVE AND SUPPORT AND ASK FOR PRIVACY AT THIS TIME. HIS PARENTS ALSO GAVE AN EMOTIONAL ADDRESS LAST MONTH AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. >> THIS IS A POLITICAL CONVENTION. BUT NEEDING OUR ONLY SON AND ALL OF THE CHERISHED HOSTAGES HOME IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE. >> IN A STATEMENT, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID IT IS IS IT'S TRAGIC AS IT IS REPREHENSIBLE. MAKE NO MISTAKE HAMAS LEADERS WILL PAY FOR THESE CRIMES AND WE'LL KEEP WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK FOR A DEAL TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES. NOW ISRAEL AND HAMAS HAVE BEEN MEETING FOR MONTHS IN EGYPT TO NEGOTIATE A CEASE-FIRE. NPO ROGRESS HAS BEEN