this is hersh. >> david: so, this is the last known image of hersh? image of hersh? >> correct, correct. >> david: they have since learned grenades were being thrown into that shelter. their son critically wounded, losing an arm. the militants ordered those who could get up to leave, so he did. witnesses say that's when they put him and several others onto a pickup truck. >> we know he's critically wounded. critically. i mean, he put a tourniquet on himself with one hand. i don't know how tight that tourniquet was. i don't think anybody's handing him antibiotics. so, it's dire. and i really hope that he's getting the medical attention that he needs to stay alive. >> david: these parents have now given dna samples to police, hoping they find their son. >> the police did contact us to come and give dna samples of hersh, so we took and old toothbrush and we found a hair on his pillow. and they took jon's dna and we filed that at the police. you though there's this massive center set up near the airport where all parents like us are going to do that. >> david: it's an im

"we love you, be strong, survive. >> rachel and jonathan are hersh's parents. he was last seen in this photo, there on the left, with a group hiding from hamas gunmen >> we want evidence that he is alive. >> witnesses said that hiding place was attacked by hamas, and hersh lost his arm in an explosion incredibly, he was able to apply his own tourniquet he was then kidnapped by hamas >> we know he got on the truck himself without an arm, and that's it. now, i don't know how to tie a tourniquet. i don't know how long it takes you to bleed out when you have a wound like that. he might have died in that truck he may have never made to it gaza we have no idea. >> this is not an easy question, but we all know that israel is making plans to invade gaza gaza is presumably where the hostages are. is it your desire that the government would tap the brakes here and not move in quickly? >> look, we are american israelis. so, we're very well aware that israel needs to take action as the parents of hersh, we're hopeful that the brakes are tapped a little bit before that happ

this is hersh's room? >> this is hersh's room. this is also our -- this is a steel door because it is our bomb shelter. >> safe room. >> yeah. >> reporter: you can feel him here close. his globe, his books and mementos. it is all just as he left them. rachel did make his bed, however. she wants it ready for when he returns. >> we have a porch that is facing south and i went out friday night and i was screaming to him and hoping because friday night, un, we bless our children traditionally. in jewish homes you bless your children on friday nights so i was screaming. it is a traditional blessing from the bible. and so i was screaming the blessing to him. my hands up. i usually put my hands on his head when he is home. >> reporter: what does the blessing say? >> it says may god bless you and keep you. may god's face shine upon you and be gracious to you. may god's countenance be lifted up toward you and give you peace. >> reporter: rachel and john were just on the cover of "time" magazine trying to get the world to pay attention to t

. >>> among the hostages believed to be held by hamas is hersh goldberg-polin, a 23-year-old with dual israeli-american citizenship who was at that music festival when the terrorists attacked his parents flew to new york today to press the united nations for help getting the hostages released i spoke with them a short time ago >> let me first if i can get your reaction to there have been another two hostages released of course the americans on friday. does that raise your level of hope? >> i would say on the one hand we look for hope wherever we can grasp at it. so in some ways a little bit bottom line is when all 200-plus are released, in our case obviously we're most concerned about our own son, who's wounded, that's what we're hoping's going to happen. >> reporter: it's now been 17 days since jonathan polin and rachel goldberg have heard from their son, hersh. the 23-year-old was last seen in this photo on the left, hiding from hamas in a bomb shelter near the music festival witnesses say hersh's arm was blown off in an explosion he then applied his own tourniquet before being drive

hersh was in the center on the side.t everyone we have spoken to has said that his best friend was a complete hero and taking these grenades and throwing them back out and fighting actually physically fighting with terrorists who had ak-machine guns that they were shooting at them. >> yeah. >> and we heard from this young woman yesterday that hersh was sitting next to her. and she was hysterical, understandably. and that he kept putting her head down, his arm over her head and telling her, you're okay. you're going to be okay. we're going to be okay. and comforting her. so that was really interesting to hear. >> yeah. >> and great to hear. >> john, your family made the decision i believe when hersh was about 8 years old, your family moved from richmond, virginia, to jerusalem, is that right? >> that is correct. yes. rachel and i are both from chicago. hersh was born in california where we were living at the time. and then, as you said, we lived in virginia for four years and moved here in the summer of 2008. >> we will b

witnesses say hersh's arm was blown off in an explosion. he then applied his own tourniquet before being driven off in a hamas truck. >> he needs a certain kind of surgery, and he needs heavy doses of antibiotics. i don't know that he's getting either one of those two things. >> reporter: hersh is a dual u.s.-israeli citizen. i first met his parents in jerusalem, where they now live. they came to new york to plead for the united nations' help in freeing the hostages. >> there are hostages from somewhere between 30 and 40 countries. there are elderly. there are babies. there are critically wounded. this is a global humanitarian issue that we want to raise at the united nations and have leaders of the world join together and scream to solve this humanitarian crisis. >> i saw the control room you've established in your living room there. have you heard any more information that specifically gives you a timeline of where he might be or what the circumstances might be at this point? >> we really haven't. we really haven't. and remember, lester,

>> this is hersh's room. this is a steal door because this is our -- >> safe room. >> -- bomb shelter, yeah. >> you can feel him here close. his globes, books, mementoes, all as he left them. rachel did make his bed, however. she wants it ready when he returns. >> i went out friday night screaming to him. friday night, you know, we bless our children traditionally. in jewish homes, you bless your children on friday night. so, i was screaming. it's a traditional blessing from the bible. and so i was screaming the blessing to him with my hands up. i usually put my hands on his head when he's home. >> what does the blessing say? >> it says, may god bless you and keep you, may god's face shine upon you and be gracious to you, may god's countenance be lifted up toward you and give you peace. >> what do you want people to know about hersh? >> he's just a super curious kid. and this wonder lust that he developed when he was six or seven years old has been his life obsession, always asking for maps and globes and atl

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this is not just a question about hersh or a question about israeli citizens. there's 220 hostages representing 33 countries. let's stop politicizing this, turn this in to what it is. a global humanitarian catastrophe. the whole world an foreign ministers should be screaming to get these people out and don't politicize them. >> martha: so, you know, have you heard anything since -- i know that you understood that he lost part of his arm. he was in a shelter. he tied it off with a tou tourniquet. have you heard anything since then, john? >> we have not. the information you just talked about was initially provided by three eye witnesses that were in the bomb shelter who survived the carnage under dead bodies and were eye witness to what happened. we have since that time seen the video of the actual kidnapping, which confirms everything we've been told. in the video, he's seen loaded on a truck with a stump of a left arm bleeding out and for 18 days we're looking for information and hoping that he's gotten medical care and that he is still alive and is okay as cou

and he sent it to us, and it was hersh.see the kidnapping, and we see the stump where his arm was, and so that's much more real of understanding what happened to him. >> when we were told by the israeli authorities that he was being officially listed as kidnapped, it was a sense of relief, right? it's a weird sense of relief to have your son kidnapped by hamas, taken into gaza, but we had that. and when it comes to the video, i watched the video first once or twice, and then i kept on watching it. i take some strength from it. the fact that hersh walks on his own feet under his own power, and then with his one arm that he has left, pulls himself on to a truck, and he is bloody, but he looks to me to be reasonably composed and reasonably strong. and all of this is on the heels of what we now know that for the hour and a half prior to that happening to him, being kidnapped, he was in carnage, grenades and gunfire. so he is in trauma. but i take strength from seeing his composure. >> byron: you all from chicago have this wonde

obviously hersh is my son and my world. i hope they help hersh. but i hope that people help scores and scores and scores of these innocent hostages what are just there in a very scary situation. and it seems unreasonableable to me. >> is there anything else you want people to know about hersh? >> there are. so, we've been making awareness to hersh's story, to his plight. we've been doing it on social media, facebook, instagram, on twitter, @bringhershhome. and the story resonates with people. people can relate in some weird way. they can't but they can. and we're hearing support from people all over the world, and it's lifting us up, and it matters and it helps. so, please continue to spread the story. >> john and rachel, i thank you for talking to us and telling us about hersh and what you're going through. and i hope someone is listening. >> we do too. thank you so much. >> rachel goldberg, her husband john, talking about their son, hersh. >>> just ahead, a little boy just six years old, and officials say he was killed because he was muslim. tod

what we do know, it's possible that hersh polin is among them. his mom, rachel, is kind enough to join us. she's trying to draw the world's attention to her son's case because she did indeed hear from him saturday morning when this attack was on. very good to have you, rachel. i cannot tell you how much we feel for what you're going through with your family. >> sandra: if you don't mind telling us what you heard from hersh last saturday. >> so in the morning around 8:00, i heard a bomb siren go off, a rocket siren go off in jerusalem, where i live. my daughters and i ran in to our bomb shelter in our apartment. my husband was at synagogue. and hersh i knew was out camping somewhere but i wasn't clear where. so when we got the all-clear after ten minutes of him not -- of the bomb sirens stopping, we came out of the bomb shelter. i turned on my phone, which i normally don't use my phone on the jewish sabbath. this was an emergency. i needed to know if he was okay. i turned on my phone. there were two texts at 8:11. both of them at 8:11. the first o

we pray for your friend, hersh. so many people have a hersh.for what you and your family are doing. thanks. >> thank you. >> martha: american studying in israel. that is "the story" for this friday afternoon. the story goes on. you'll see it continuing live on fox with our life coverage of the unfolding war between israel and hamas. it has stepped up considerably over the course of the last several hours. the firing -- the fire going in to gaza city will continue with our live coverage and our reporters on the ground. i'll see you back here monday. have a good afternoon.

we were living in california in 2000 when hersh was born.nd we made it there 2008, hersh was our oldest child, 2008, we've been living in jerusalem of since. we have two daughters 20 and 17. and i just want to take a little bit to talk a little bit about hersh. he's a smiling fun loving guy, people of ages gravitate. if you mention his friends, teachers, our friends, you mention his name, people smile . things were sort of calm when she heard gunfire outside of her shelter. and we tried to calm her down. that's when i dropped off the call. and both my brother, my sister were on the call with her, agency the terrorist barged into her home. and we heard a little bit of screaming. and that's was -- that was the last contact with her. there was no shooting on the call. and the neighbors downstairs also didn't hear any shooting. my mom is a knows a little bit of arabic, what she picked up in the hospital that she used to calm down the terrorists but it is our hope, it's a little bit ridiculous at stage to say the optimistic scenario here that she

joining us now hersh's parents rachel and john. and i appreciate both of you. i know you're just getting the news. you're just getting the news now that the majority of the hostages are alive. i know that you've believed this in your heart and soul, but when you heard the idf say that, when you hear this news, rachel and john, what goes through your heart? >> look, for 14 days now we looked for optimism anywhere we could find it. the irony of this whole situation as we talked about is who in the world could have imagined 15 days ago any parent saying, thank god our child was captured by hamas, with an arm blown off, taken into gaza and that's good news? but we have taken some solace in that's good news. so everywhere we have been looking for optimism. i don't know anything about this report. i don't know the source of this report. i will say if the source -- >> it is the idf. it is the idf itself. they have just formally put it out. so it is the idf, yes, the israeli defense forces. >> we first and foremost are parents of hersh. we know that hersh was last seen

>> so, i last saw hersh friday night, a week ago.e went to synagogue together as a family, and then, we went to family friends for a meal afterwards. and he then left with his camping backpack to go with his best friend down to this music festival. and when we heard the sirens and we knew things were going on down there, i grabbed my phone saturday morning. normally, i don't use my phone on the jewish sabbath, but when it is an emergency situation, you have a child sleeping out somewhere, you know, you turn it on, and i had to text that had come in at 8:11. i had just come out of my bomb shelter here in jerusalem around 8:20, and i turned on my phone, and at 8:11, the first text said, i love you. the next text said, i'm sorry. and so, i immediately knew something horrible was either in the process of happening or about to happen, and you know, i tried calling him and they tried to texting him, and none of that was never answered. >> have you had any confirmation from your government that he was, in fact, kidnapped? >> we actually did

. >> hersh's parents later seeing this image showing hersh there on the left, one of several people hidingthe attack unfolded. his parents have since learned that militants threw grenades into that shelter and hersh lost an arm before he was driven away in a truck. we know he's critically wounded, but critically, i, i mean, he put a tourniquet on himself with one hand. >> a white house official says the us has begun reaching out to families of at least 20 americans who are missing. >> meanwhile, more stories of survival. one man says he fled that music festival, sheltering in a bunker only to be gassed by the terrorists. >> i just covered myself with dead people. a lot of that people. so i stayed for their inside, like for hours, like just. just waiting for die, you know? i just wanted to die in peace because. because i suffered so much. so much. the gas i'm a miracle. i'm a survivor. >> to train its fighters, hamas reportedly built a replica of an israeli settlement. reuters reports a terror group misled israel for months, claiming it wanted economic stability, not war. >> the us is prepa

so, -- >> what do you want people to know about hersh? >> he is a super curious kid, and this wonder lost that he developed when he was six or seven years old, has been his life obsession. always asking for maps, and globes, and atlas is for his bar mitzvah. really these last few years, he has saved every penny to go on this trip, that he has a ticket for on december 27. he was going to go to india, and then all points east. >> rachel and john were just on the cover of time magazine, they're trying to get the world to pay attention to the plight of the hostages. particularly those like her to have serious wounds or issues. >> as american israelis we have been embraced by the u.s. government. the support is there, the empathy is there from the u.s.. we are obviously hungering for more than that, we want action, we want results. there are hostages from somewhere around 30 countries. why have we not seen prime ministers, foreign ministers, global leaders screaming to get the wounded help? >> rachel also got to be on a call with other america

if you choose to believe that i based on seymour hersh his record, i certainly believe that it's far more likely than not that is there that his arguments are, are credible that jake sullivan and joe biden is inner circle was involved and that they were the impetus behind this attack, this military attack on germany and clearly of that you've got joe biden, victoria newly james sullivan, tony blinking as that inner circle of neil cards. those are the people who are behind this machine were running this thing, just it in the driver seat. and i'd be leads that it was, you know, a put like this. i love, i'm familiar with that. i love theme crowds. you don't have to say to me, garland, would you like some steam grab? it's deem crabs are there. you know, garlands gonna eat him because he loves seats and marilyn chesapeake bay thing. right. okay. it's like the, the, the maryland food fee is being crabs. right? in the same way, regardless of whether victoria newman was involved in the planning, which i suspect she was, they didn't have to ask. you don't have to say victoria moving, would yo

hersh's mother. looking forward to his son's release.eally feel that president biden is very concerned about the fate of the hostages. i spoke with him personally and we feel that support, and i know that the israelis also want the release of all the hostages. however, there is still a question of time, there is chaos, and we are still at war, even now. for a short visit from joe biden will be followed by other world leaders, many of whom have as well. citizens killed or abducted by hamas, but the events of the last 24 hours have made the situation even more dangerous for people in the region, including the attackers who are being received in and after meeting with israeli prime minister netanyahu , biden reiterated the issue of the return of hostages as the most important. according to him, there is nothing more important. i will remind hamas militants that during the attack on october 7 , two hundred people were kidnapped. and more importantly, from today's statements of biden, israel agreed to allow humanitarian aid from egypt to the

relatives of people like adrian and hersh asking for help from the u.s. government. >> the u.s.overnment has direct responsibility to the lives of the u.s. citizens that are held hostage by these terrorists. >> president biden, we are sure his heart is in the right place. to do what they can to make this end for us as soon as possible. >> joining us now is state department spokesman matthew miller. matt, i appreciate your time. i know the administration always made clear this is the number one priority for them. u.s. citizens abroad. how is the administration working to obtain information about these 20 plus individuals who are missing? >> thank you, phil. let me first start by saying that, of course, my heart breaks hearing those accounts. i cannot imagine what these families are going through, both the families who we know lost loved ones and the families whose relatives remain unaccounted for. i can tell you there's no higher priority for the president, no higher priority for the secretary of state than the safety and security of americans overseas. that includes americans wh

if you choose to believe that based on seymour hersh is record. i certainly believe that it's far more likely than not that is there that his arguments are credible so that jake sullivan and joe biden's inner circle was involved. and if they were the impetus behind this attack, this military attack on germany. um and uh clearly uh that you've got joe biden, victoria newly jape sullivan, tony blinking as that inner circle of neil cards. those are the people who are behind this machine who are running this thing or sit in the driver seat. and i believe that it was, you know, a, put it like this. i love, i'm familiar with that. i love steam. crabs, you don't have to say to me, garland, would you like some steam grab if steam crabs are there. you know, garlands gonna eat him because he loves seats, and marilyn chesapeake bay thing. right. okay. it's like the, the, the maryland food fee is being crabs. right? in the same way, regardless of whether victoria knew lynn was involved in the planning, which i suspect she was, they didn't have to ask. you don

hersh�*s mother rachel is desperate for progress.biden is very much with the hostages. we have spoken to him, i have spoken to him personally and we feel that support. and i know that the israelis as well want all the hostages released. and yet there is this quagmire of time and chaos and pandemonium and we are actively at war. joe biden�*s short visit will be followed by other world leaders many of whom also have citizens killed or abducted by hamas. but the events of the last 2a hours have made things even more perilous for people in the immediate region including the hostages being held in gaza. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. many ma ny eyes many eyes around the world are on the intelligence information which is emerging from that devastating explosion at the hospital yesterday evening in gaza city. in the united kingdom, the rishi sunak has said that britain will conduct its own independent investigation into what exactly happened. he was speaking at the house of commons a short while ago. i know the whole house will be shocke

their son hersh was in that bunker. grenades as hamas was trying to throw them in and the hamas terrorist that kept throwing in grenade after grenade after grenade got two past his friend, killed his friend. hersh put a tourniquet on himself, and his father showed the video of hamas terrorists hustling him into a van, a small cart and driving him off towards gaza where they believe he's being held hostage. a part of the purpose of our bipartisan trip to israel was to deter iran and its proxies like hamas, hezbollah, the houthis and others, but also to stand strongly with israel, to press for the release of hostages by hamas, to call for humanitarian relief for the palestinians who are being held hostage by hamas. and to engage with regional leaders. we met with president in cairo and crown prince mohammed ben salmon in riyadh to talk through what happens after this stage in the conflict with hamas. i completely understand why the israeli people, angry and scared after this brutal attack by hamas, want to take the fight

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we made all the out israel as a family in the summer of 2008 when hersh, who's our oldest child. he was a 7 and a half, almost 8 when we moved his room in the summer of 2008. we've been living in jerusalem ever since. we have 2 daughters, 20 and 17, and i just want to take one minutes to talk a little bit about her. he is a smiley, fun loving guy. and people of all ages just gravitate towards him. and if you mentioned his name to his friends, his teachers, my friends are friends, and you mentioned his name and people just smile cuz he's the guy, the guy who's just phone to be around and makes people feel good and have a good time. um, it's got a few passions, one of which is traveling the world, and he's been saving his money to go on his big trip to the end of december. hi, thank you. everybody for coming. my name is the how their time. um. their eldest son for adrian at um as this strategy was on the folder and saturday morning, me and my other siblings were talking to my mom on the phone trying to calm her down. the things were sort of calm when she heard of gunfire outside of

the escalation has already gone so far that israel, as writes american journalist seymour hersh, in ordere military goals, is ready to risk the lives of more than 200 hostages who are still being held captive by hamas. with constant bombing, israel is reducing gaza to rubble before launching a ground invasion, but before that, a well-informed american official told me, israeli...leaders are considering flooding hamas's vast tunnel system. this means that israel is ready to sacrifice hostages. because, judging by the stories of the freed captives, they were kept underground. at an open debate at the un security council, secretary general guteres called on israel to abandon the practice of collectively punishing all palestinians. it is important to recognize that the hamas attack did not happen in a vacuum. the people of palestine have lived under a stifling occupation for 56 years. they saw their lands steadily filled with settlements , they were subjected to violence, the economy was stifled, people were displaced, houses were demolished, their hopes for a political solution to the plight

>> i'm rachel goldberg, the mother of hersh goldberg poland. >> harris: we are writing down the namesu and i kayleigh, in our faith, you say the names of those you pray for. we saw that mother there and i imagine she will be among those for open invitation we learned about last hour. i interviewed the family, the mom and uncle in focus last hour and they had just learned about a meeting that will be held with israeli dignitaries and members of military leadership to talk with parents of hostages that they know of about what will come in terms of rescuing them and the uncle told me, i don't want to hear it is going to take a week, i want to hear it is happening tonight. those parents are expected to be there. i imagine the family of hersh will be there, as well, and we will bring you the news from the parents. it tells us what could be going on with the americans held hostage and all of them must be rescued. we're hearing little about the american hostages and the 16,000 americans on the ground who need flights home at this point. every drip we can bring about those unaccounted for or

sy hersh, i think it was the most important story hersh ever wrote, even more so than the other investigations. i think it was one of the few cases i know as a reporter. one of the few cases i know where writing a story actually made a difference. >> i want to briefly note, you mentioned the rockefeller commission, where jerry ford tried to preempt congress by having rockefeller do a committee to investigate. frank church actually spoke here in february, 1935, when it was happening. he said, the executive branch, cannot with any credibility, investigate itself. that is the legacy of the committee. frank church in general is reasserting the checks and balances between congress and government. i really salute you on that. >> senator church also said, united states must not adopt the tech pics of the enemy means as an end. what do you think he meant by that? >> could you repeat that? >> sure. senator said, the united states must not adopt the tech pics of the enemy. means are as important as the end. >> i can talk about that. the church became, as i mentioned earlier, he became radicalized by vie

>> well, first and foremost, i know that if hersh is alive he needs medical attention immediately hetical wound and needs that needs attended to and needs antibiotics, et cetera. and i, you know, i feel that he and all of these hostages need to be released as soon as humanly possible because, you know, these aren't -- it's such a cross section of people. you have grandmothers, you have children in there. and then you know, you have these just all different types people. you have people like hersh someone who went to have a good time with his best friends at a music festival these are civilians held hostages a lot of them. and by the way, i might mention that we just went to his best friend's funeral on friday. they did identify his body. her slps sh is considered kidnapped the israeli authorities have notified us of that. there have been a lot of remains that have been identified in israel. his remains have not been identified. and because of the eyewitnesses seeing him loaded into the pickup truck and the cell phone being found on the border with gaza, the assumption is that he's th

. >> we've spoken to eyewitnesses, we know that hersh's arm from elbow down was severed, was blown offcame in after the gunfire settled down and said, anyone who can walk, stand up and walk out, and he got up and he walked out with five other people. then the police told us one thing they knew is that the last known signal, cell signal from his phone was on the border with gaza. >> by 10:00 a.m. festival security guard tessler on the left and his best friend get separated trying to help people get to safety. >> we're separated because we saw terrorists very close to us, and after this i being alone. when i survive his mother called me and asked me if i know what happened to bar, and he told me that he kidnapped him. then i saw the video. it was like my brother. and the thing that i'm here and he's there, it's killing me from the inside. >> bar and hersh are likely among the more than 150 hostages israel says are in gaza. on social media hamas celebrates the capture of noah argomani, seen here being taken away on a motorcycle, in arabic posting our guys are done their duty, her boyfrien

you might recall the story of hersh that lost part of his right arm. he used a tourniquet to bandage his right arm. there was video from this body cam of hersh being leaded into a hamas truck and taken in to gaza. the amazing thing about that, neil, it's been 20 days now. the goldberg family has not heard a single bit of information, not one word at all about their son. the mom, rachel goldberg, spoke at the united nationed. she was compelled to do so. she said if i can get the word out, maybe somebody will have some information about my son. i spoke with him, neil. we didn't have time to get the sound bite in. i asked them how do you feel confident your son is alive. the mom looked at me and she said, i just have this montra. i say stay strong. survive. stay strong, survive. sometimes i feel like i'm talking to him, but the truth is, i'm talking to him and i'm talking to us. they persevere 20 days in to this war, neil. >> neil: fox news at night anchor trace gallagher. we want to go back to the man opportunity in maine. new hampshire's governor and wh

we pray for your friend, hersh. so many people have a hersh. we give you credit for what you and your family are doing. thanks. >> thank you. >> martha: american studying in israel. that is "the story" for this friday afternoon. the story goes on. you'll see it continuing live on fox with our life coverage of the unfolding war between israel and hamas. it has stepped up considerably over the course of the last several hours. the firing -- the fire going in to gaza city will continue with our live coverage and our reporters on the ground. i'll see you back here monday. have a good afternoon. >> its on again. more shelling in gaza. the israeli defense forces saying they're expanding ground operations as we speak. is this the start of a ground water? welcome. i'm neil cavuto on a very busy day and now night. it's about 11:00 p.m. in israel as we speak. let's go to trey yingst in southern israel. trey? >> good afternoon, neil. as we speak, the real military is shelling and striking the gaza strip the past several hours. they have ramped up strikes

investigative journalist simur hersh, citing sources in tel aviv, claims that even there there are serious doubts about its feasibility. the invasion will lead to an unimaginable number of deaths on all sides, said... hersha, and the number of victims is already approaching 3,000, at the hands of hamas militants, according to the latest data, killed 1,300 israelis, 1,500 palestinians became victims of israeli bombing, as an alternative to the complete blockade of the gaza strip , which had already brought the region to the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe, when the british tv channel skynews decided to talk about this with the former israeli prime minister, naftali bennett, who i started screaming, but what about the palestinians in hospitals who are on life support machines, including babies in incubators that will have to be turned off because the israelis the electricity in the gas was turned off. are you serious? do you seriously keep asking me questions about the palestinian people? what ’s wrong with you, don’t you see what’s going on here? we are fighting the nazis, we do not aim

a prominent one comes from seymour hersh. how america took out the north stream pipeline. the famous us journalist says he's uncovered evidence that the us did us, maybe divers planted the explosives under the cover of a needle exercise hearst claims his theory has found a ready audience. some believe the us is capable of anything, but most experts doubt the credibility of purchase claims. they note his story is based on just one anonymous source and that some of the details are provably false . the others to focus on another major power, the military expect and hot, and that's to the chinese festival segment of the game. do a lot of experts say russia those who believe russia was behind the sabotage, mainly pointed to the movements of russian ships which they view a suspicious ship from russia is said to have been positioned very close to the sides of the attack just days before the explosions occurred. the what is bad enough to presume that russia also planted the explosives? possibly even employing many submarines. german investigators also analyzed the satellite images

. >> dana: jon, there's a picture of your son hersh on the screen and everybody can see that and what smile this young man has. obviously you're not smiling. it's been six days. for people that aren't familiar with the story of what happened to him, do you mind retelling it here. >> yeah. the basic version is we were together as a family on friday night. the jewish sabbath and holiday. in synagogue together and at a great family dinner with two other families afterwards. we kissed him good-bye at 11:00 p.m. friday night. he was off with a backpack to go meet his best friend and we knew they were going somewhere. didn't know where. and saturday morning i went to synagogue and there were already some booms happening in the distance and once i got there, the first air raid siren sounded and those of us in synagogue were in and out of the bomb shelter. after about an hour, we called it off and i went home and i walked in at about 9:30 saturday morning to my wife and daughters. they showed me two messages that had come in from our son hesh at 8:11 a.m. and the first one said i love you. th

they include 23-year-old hersh goldberg polin who was at the music festival attack on saturday and lasthe gaza border. plus 19-year-old itay chen and 21-year-old omer neutra whose families are from the new york area and who are members of the israeli military. their relatives believe they have been taken hostage. why do you feel so strongly about speaking to these families personally on zoom? >> because i think they have to know that the president of the united states of america cares deeply about what's happened, deeply. we have to communicate to the world this is critical. this is not even human behavior. it's pure barbarism. >> reporter: it is rare for a president to speak with families of americans who may be hostages like he did today, out of concern that it can raise the price on the head and the risk of those being held captive. norah. >> norah: ed o'keefe, thank you. you can see more of scott's interview with president biden on this sunday's "60 minutes." turning now to a story of heartbreak and hope. twin boys surviving the hamas massacre, shielded by their parents' love. what

rachel goldberg's son hersh was at that music festival that was attacked and was last seen in this bunkerne's final ping, at the gaza border. >> i have faith in president biden and all the people who are working tirelessly, trying to figure out how do we get american hostages out. >> reporter: fbi hostage experts are on their way to israel. >> i have not given up hope of bringing these folks home. >> reporter: but a former fbi agent said that finding and rescues hostages in gaza will be incredibly difficult. >> the conditions that these hostages are being held in may made it ebbs treatmently difficult for the israeli forces to just go in. >> reporter: as secretary of state antony blinken heads to israel, the bide din administration is exploring an airlift to get americans out of israel. commercial options are dwindling, could be chartered to get them out. >> ed, what about american special forces? could they help with any of the rescue efforts? >> norah, they could. there is a special operations command at the american embassy in embassy that would be involved in any hostage rescue. addit