Community comes together to honor hostage killed by Hamas

Published: Sep 01, 2024 Duration: 00:02:50 Category: News & Politics

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DEAL. AND BACK HERE AT HOME, MANY PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER TO PAY TRIBUTE TO HERSH GOLDBERG-POLIN, ONE OF THE HOSTAGES KILLED BY HAMAS. FOX TWO'S NATE ROGERS JOINS US NOW TO EXPLAIN HOW FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES ARE REMEMBERING HIM. NATE YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. TIA AND DANE, GOOD EVENING TO BOTH OF YOU. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AS WELL AS SO MANY OTHERS, ARE CERTAINLY GRIEVING HARD TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THOSE HOSTAGES BEING KILLED IN THE MIDDLE EAST FROM, FROM CIVIL LEADERS THAT WE SPOKE TO TODAY AS WELL AS FROM RESIDENTS THEY VOWED TO CONTINUE SHARING THEIR NAMES, FRUSTRATED. AND I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A WAY FOR US TO LOVE EACH OTHER AT HIGHLAND PARK, PORT CLINTON SQUARE, MORE THAN 250 RESIDENTS, INCLUDING JEWISH LEADERS, ALL STANDING WITH ISRAEL. THREE DAYS AGO, HAMAS MURDERED ALMOG, ALEX ADAN, KAMEL, ORI AND HERSH WITH ISRAELI FLAGS IN HAND, HEADS BOWED AND TEARS FALLING. THEY HEARD THE NAMES AND STORIES OF SIX HOSTAGES BRUTALLY KILLED IN RAFAH. FIVE OF THEM WERE TAKEN CAPTIVE OCTOBER 7TH AT THE NOVA MUSIC FESTIVAL IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL, HAMAS KILLED 364 INNOCENT CIVILIANS THERE. AMONG THE HOSTAGES, NOW DEAD, 23 YEAR OLD ISRAELI AMERICAN HERSH GOLDBERG. POLAND, WITH CHICAGO ROOTS. HIS PARENTS WERE BORN AND RAISED HERE. THEY MET HERE. THEY HAVE GREAT CONNECTIONS HERE. THEY'RE STILL EXTENDED FAMILY HERE. BOTH OF HIRSCH'S GRANDMAS ARE IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA. ONE OF THOSE AMERICANS IS OUR ONLY SON. HIRSCH'S PARENTS HAD JUST SPOKEN IN CHICAGO AT THE DNC. THEY'VE BECOME INTERNATIONAL ACTIVISTS PLEADING FOR THEIR SON'S RELEASE AND OTHERS, FOLLOWED BY MORE THAN 40,000 PALESTINIANS, HAVE BEEN KILLED SINCE OCTOBER 7TH, INCLUDING OVER 100 JOURNALISTS. APPROXIMATELY 1500 ISRAELIS HAVE DIED IN THE WAR. JEWISH PEOPLE ARE ABOUT REPAIRING THE WORLD AND I WISH PEOPLE HEARD THAT MORE. THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF ISRAEL TO THE MIDWEST SAYING TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO FREE ADDITIONAL HOSTAGES. WE NEED TO PUT MORE PRESSURE ON HAMAS TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT THE ONLY WAY IS TO RELEASE THE HOSTAGES, AGREE TO A CEASEFIRE. AND WE'RE TOLD OUT OF THE MORE THAN 100 HOSTAGES THAT REMAIN CAPTURED, THERE ARE AT LEAST 5 OR 6 THAT ARE FROM THE UNITED STATES. WE DO KNOW THAT HIRSCH'S FUNERAL IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW IN JERUSALEM. IT WILL

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