that was rachel goldberg, mother of herschj rachel goldberg, mother of hersch goldberg.who are in gaza at the moment and held captive in gaza. also this prospect of diplomatic talks, the fact that there is an opportunity for there to be conversations between her mass, the united states, israel and other countries that have their citizens held in gaza at the moment. this has really given a glimmer of hope that they might be a diplomatic way to resolve some of the issues in this ongoing crisis. resolve some of the issues in this ongoing crisis-— resolve some of the issues in this ongoing crisis. thank you very much for the moment. _ israeli air strikes in the last two weeks, have left much of northern gaza in ruins. these are live pictures fom israeli looking into gaza. adnan el bursh sent us this report from one area that's been heavily bombed. this is an affluent neighbourhood in central gaza. 0vernight, it's been completely destroyed. 32 tower blocks, each containing dozens of flats, are now totally gone. translation: they told us to evacuate at around - 8.30 or nine at

joining me now is john poland and rachel goldberg whose son, hirsch, was taken hostage at the music festival the day that hamas attack. two hostages were released last night, both americans. i'm wondering, when you learned of that, what were your thoughts? >> first of all, i'm really happy for them, those hostages, their loved ones. they got the outcome we are now hoping that the other 201-ish hostages get. they were both women. they were people who lived full time in the united states and were here to visit. i am not surprised that they are the first two. i just hope there are many more to follow, including our son, who is 15 days in, having his arm blown off and we hope, getting antibiotics and medical treatment. >> john and rachel, hirsch has a severe wound, as john was saying, part of his left arm was either shot or blown off. his hand is gone. do you feel there has been enough attention on those who are being held hostage who have severe life-threatening medical conditions? there are a number of people that we know about. >> well, clearly there is not enough attention. first of all, the

i spoke to rachel goldberg and her husband earlier. rachel, when the attack happened, were you able to communicate with your son at all? >> as soon as we heard bomb sirens going off in jerusalem, it was around 8:00 in the morning on saturday morning, john was at synagogue. so, i ran downstairs to my girls to get them into the bomb shelter we have in our home. the protocol is to wait ten minutes after a siren. then i turned on my phone, which i don't normally use on the jewish sabbath. i saw two texts pop up at 8:10, 8:11 in the morning, and they had come in about ten minutes before i turned on my phone. the first one said, i love you. and the second one said, i'm sorry. and immediately i knew something horrible must have been happening or was about to happen. and i of course tried to call him. and it just rang and rang. and i wrote him a few texts, and those have never been answered. so, i wasn't in touch with him. he tried to be in touch with us. and that's the last that we have any communication from him. >> i know that you have a ph

wore talking about rachel goldberg and john persh. their son was near the gaza stripped and attacked by hamas. they threw a hand grenade at them. 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

rachel goldberg is a mother of three children, who lives in israel.child and only son is named -- he is 23 years old. he was one of hundreds of people at a music festival near israel's border with gaza when hamas terrorist attack. -- he managed to escape by a car, until it came under fire. they were forced to stop to take cover in a roadside bomb shelter, which was also attacked by hamas. it's believed that part of his arm was blown off before he was put in a pick up truck and driven towards the gaza border. it's now been a week since he and many other hostages have been heard from. rael has been writing op-eds and speaking out in hopes of her sonreturning to her. one particular passage from her new york times of that really stuck out to me. the op-ed is titled i hope someone somewhere is being kind to my boy. quote, if he's still alive, how much longer can he rvive? his wounds are grievous, i hope someone somewhere is being kind to him. caring for him, attending to him. rachel goldberg joins me now. >> rachel, i know -- thank you for being here. and

rachel goldberg. we'll talk more about this. rachel, thank you so much for joining us. am so incredibly sorry for what you are experiencing right now. how are you? >> thank you. thank you for having me. you know, it's funny because a lot of people keep saying how are you? and i just keep saying well, picture your mother, and picture her being told that you are either one of two things, dead or being held hostage with your arm blown off in gaza, which is currently eight were zone, and you are now a hostage. so, that's how i'm doing. i am doing how anyone's mother would be doing if those were the two choices. >> if that were my sons, i don't know if i would be able to wake up in the morning. i have to be honest with you. i am not quite sure how you are doing it. >> right. we feel like we are in a parallel universe, and thank god we had the most brilliant, supportive, creative, helpful team surrounding us, helping us through this time that everyone says i can't imagine it, and i keep saying, i also can't imagine it. it's me. >> when did you last speak to your son? >> so, i

let's speak to rachel goldberg, whose 22-year-old son is believed to be among those taken hostage onday morning at the novick music festival. i'm grateful for your time this evening, and our sympathies from all of us to you for what you must be going through. have you had any communication with the israeli government the last few days? >> i have not. christian: so you have had a no update on where your son is, where he is being kept, anything about his whereabouts? >> no. christian: what do you want to hear from the israeli government? >> to be honest, i -- look, my son happens to be american and israeli. and i would like both of those governments to do their very best to bring my son home as soon as possible, obviously, as everything a person who has a loved one there, the most immediate personal urgent need in our cases that our son was in a bomb shelter that he and friends ran to from the music festival where they were, and the terrorists entered the bomb shelter and threw in hand grenades and sprayed the room with machine gun fire, and his left arm was blown off. we know that fro

. >> 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 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 almost the control room you've established in your living room there. have you heard any more i

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

hearst goldberg, poland's mother, rachel goldberg detailing witness accounts of the last moment her 23 year-old son was seen alive. goldberg, poland's parents joining other families of missing loved ones during a news conference at the carlton hotel in israel. they were all civilians at a music festival in. they were fish in a barrel. goldberg says her son and other festival goers were ambushed by hamas saturday during the outdoor music festival close to the gaza border. at least 260 people were killed and several others, including goldberg, poland taken hostage. his mother says he sought refuge in a bomb shelter before it was attacked. we know that her she's arm from the elbow down. >> severed was blown off. and that he tied a turning to cut around with his shirt. hamas came in after the gunfire settle down and said anyone who can walk stand up and walk out. witnesses tell goldberg her son calmly walked out with 5 other people. >> he was born in berkeley and moved with his parents to israel when he was 7 years old. he completed his mandatory army service there earlier this year. in a

. >> byron: for jonathan pole and rachel goldberg, the last week has been a hell they cannot escape. chicago couple's son hersh is roughly one of the 200 people the terrorist group hamas says it has taken hostage, and could include up to 13 americans who remain missing. how are you able to, and i ask this less as a journalist, more as a parent. how you just able to get up every day and face each day? >> getting up is not as hard when you don't go to sleep. try to go through the many, you know, texts or emails that we're getting. i'm going to go do my cry now, and i go into my room, and i do my primal mother, and then i wipe my face, and then i say and now i have to go fight. >> byron: fighting while painstakingly waiting, as the war between israel and hamas intensifies. and an id f ground invasion of gaza seems imminent. for israel, a growing urgency to free hostages taken by hamas. while in gaza, a humanitarian crisis worsening. israel has mobilized around 360,000 reservists, vowing to take out hamas after its attack in israel last week. the death toll from that attack now rising to

earlier tonight, i spoke with john polin and rachel goldberg whose son hersh was presumed abducted by festival in israel. they arrived late today from jerusalem. tomorrow they will appeal to the u.n. to help bring the hostages home, hoping their son may be among them. john and rachel, thank you so much for joining us. you've just flown in from israel. we're so grateful to have you on "nightline." first, about the news today, that two more hostages were released. your reaction to that. >> well, i was with every hostage that is released, we are thrilled for their families. that's -- and we're thrilled actually for the actual hostages. but since we know what the families have been going through, it's been like a whisper of relief and of course hope that more hostages will be released. >> i know in these situations oftentimes hope, as wonderful as it, can be a dangerous and painful thing. how do you balance that hope with how you all are approaching this awful place you find yourself in? >> we acknowledge that on saturday, october 7th, the possibility exists that after our son was kidnapp

rachel goldberg's son hirsch was at that music festival that was attacked and was last seen in this bunkerhone'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: a former fbi agent said that finding and rescuing hostages in gaza will be incredibly difficult. >> the conditions they're being held in make it extremely difficult for the israeli forces to just go in. >> reporter: as secretary of state antony blinken heads to israel, the administration is exploring an airlift for americans trying to find flights out of israel. commercial options are dwindling to get them out. >> norah: ed o'keefe joins us again from the white house. so, ed, what about american special forces? could they help with any of these rescue efforts? >> reporter: norah, they could. there's a special operations command at the american embassy in israel that would be involv

his parents rachel goldberg and paul are here with me in studio. rachel, something that you said today that struck me, you still have no answers. >> right, right. >> how do you deal with that on a daily basis? >> well, i've said this many times. we live in a parallel universe from when this started to happen, we're like in this other dimension than people who haven't had this kind of trauma happen. we talk to other families with children who are missing or other loved ones who are missing who feel exactly the same. for us we try very hard every day to work and work to try and figure out other ways to find out information, to help push the cause of how do we get all of these hostages home. we stay very busy >> what's the latest you've heard from the u.s. government the israeli government, has anyone given any kind of update or a glimmer of hope from these talks that are happening behind the scenes? >> no, got no information. no updates. and no specific reasons to have a glimmer of hope other than what we hold on. that's driven on by focus on the miss

that mother, rachel goldberg, and father john poland, spoke about their son, hirsch, on cnn. he was born in berkeley. >> we know that hirsch was last seen with an arm freshly blown off being taken captive. he is our primary interest, but of course, we're humans. we're parents. we're children of parents. and we care about all of the 200 hostages. >> governor newsom also meeting with a girl from los angeles who was shot in the leg by hamas and left for dead. >> i'm grateful that the governor is visiting israel and talking to the families. >> state senator scott wiener is co-chair of the california legislative jewish caucus. >> there's a long relationship between california and israel with sister city relations ships. and so i think it's good for the governor to show that that relationship continues. >> new york governor kathy hochul also in israel this week. >> this was a never forget moment that the world can never forget the barbarism and how uncivilized and savage these attacks were. >> political science expert, professor steve wolpert says he's not surprised by either of th

that mother, rachel goldberg, and father john poland, spoke about their son, hirsch, on cnn.ith an arm freshly blown off being taken captive. he is our primary interest, but of course, we're humans. we're parents. we're children of parents. and we care about all of the 200 hostages. >> governor newsom also meeting with a girl from los angeles who was shot in the leg by hamas and left for dead. >> i'm grateful that the governor is visiting israel and talking to the families. >> state senator scott wiener is co-chair of the california legislative jewish caucus. >> there's a long relationship between california and israel with sister city relations ships. and so i think it's good for the governor to show that that relationship continues. >> new york governor kathy hochul also in israel this week. >> this was a never forget moment that the world can never forget the barbarism and how uncivilized and savage these attacks were. >> political science expert, professor steve wolpert says he's not surprised by either of these visits, particularly newsom's. well he was on his way to chi

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some good friends of mine who actually appeared in your press conference this afternoon, rachel goldberg, who's the mother of hirsh polen who's an american citizen. 23-year-old kid. he celebrated his birthday last week. and he was at that concert. he has now been confirmed to have been taken hostage. he lost an arm in the firefight. and we're very worried for his well-being because if he doesn't get medical attention this is life-threatening for him. like him there's another six, seven americans that are held hostage. and it's of course not just the americans. it's 150 hostages that we have there, and that makes a ground operation or any operation very, very complicated. hamas has been planning this type of scale of attack for 11 years. they've tried in so many ways. they built tunnels into civilian areas, which thankfully the idf found and closed down. they've tried explosive balloons. they've been planning this for a long time. and they have not been planning this on their own. and finally, they got the success they were looking for, which is absolutely -- to have a situation where old

hearst goldberg, poland's mother, rachel goldberg detailing witness accounts of the last moment her 23en alive. >> goldberg, poland's parents joining other families of missing loved ones during a news conference that the carlton hotel in israel, they were all civilians at a music festival in. they were fish in a barrel. goldberg says her son and other festival goers were ambushed by hamas saturday during the outdoor music festival close to the gaza border. at least 260 people were killed and several others, including goldberg, poland taken hostage. his mother says he sought refuge in a bomb shelter before it was attacked. we know that her she's arm from the elbow down. >> severed was blown off. and that he tied a turning to cut around with his shirt. hamas came in after the gunfire settle down and said anyone who can walk stand up and walk out. witnesses tell goldberg her son calmly walked out with 5 other people. >> he was born in berkeley and moved with his parents to israel when he was 7 years old. he completed his mandatory army service there earlier this year. >> in a statement, b

>> 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

hearst goldberg, poland's mother, rachel goldberg detailing witness accounts of the last moment her 23 year-old son was seen alive. >> goldberg, poland's parents joining other families of missing loved ones during a news conference that the carlton hotel in israel, they were all civilians at a music festival in. they were fish in a barrel. goldberg says her son and other festival goers were ambushed by hamas saturday during the outdoor music festival close to the gaza border. at least 260 people were killed and several others, including goldberg, poland taken hostage. his mother says he sought refuge in a bomb shelter before it was attacked. we know that her she's arm from the elbow down. >> severed was blown off. and that he tied a turning to cut around with his shirt. hamas came in after the gunfire settle down and said anyone who can walk stand up and walk out. witnesses tell goldberg her son calmly walked out with 5 other people. >> he was born in berkeley and moved with his parents to israel when he was 7 years old. he completed his mandatory army service there earlier this year.

and his mom, rachel goldberg joins me now.re all praying-- i've seen you before in several interviews and we're amazed at your strength and composure, it's extraordinary, but also, the incredible bravery of your son, hearing what he did to bandage himself up before he was captured. he's an amazing young man. just tell us a little about h him. >> well, a little bit about him before this whole thing? >> yes. >> hirsh is just an incredibly curious, bright, gentle, smart, funny with like a sharp good sarcastic, but not mean sense of humor and he just has a real curiosity for life and he's obsessed with geography and travel and he loves music and music festivals and that's why he was there two weeks ago with his best friend. just going to have a good time at a music festival, out camping for the night together. david: now, the rollercoaster that you've been through must be continuing with the release of-- i mean, it's wonderful that we had two hostages released, i'm sure you agree with that, but at the same time it continues with t

the first woman rachel goldberg saying her son was camping with a friend and received a text at 8:11 on saturday saying i love you and i'm sorry. meaning that he knows that whatever is going to happen, that's a picture of him there, is not good and is going to cause her pain. just the way they talked about it with the pain in their voice, you can feel the anxiousness and obviously the despair of this moment. >> dana: you absolutely could. listening along with us was republican congressman mike gallagher of wisconsin. he joins us now. let's get your overall we action to that and what you have heard, if anything, about what president biden might be saying today or even doing behind the scenes. >> first of all, the testimony from the family members is heartbreaking. it is horrific. the videos we see hamas put out in realtime. the barakism on display. we're seeing the face of evil. there should be no moral equivalents here. hamas is a terrorist organization that launched a war against israel and those who seek to blame israel don't understand good versus evil and right versus wrong. our

. >> reporter: rachel goldberg's son was born in berkeley and he was at the music festival that was ambushed by hamas terrorists. 260 people were slaughtered and the last thing rachel learned about her son's whereabouts is haunting. >> he was injured in a gun battle. i mean, they were all civilians at a -- music festival. and they were fish in a barrel. sitting in this bomb shelter. terrorists came to the door. they were throwing grenades in. shooting machine guns. and we know that his arm from the elbow down was severed. was blown off. >> reporter: hirsch's parents think mill substantials dragged her son into gaza and they have not heard from him since. narah's mother is a grandmother from fresno and she was sitting on her porch when her neighborhood was attacked. >> both my brother and my sister were on the call with her as the terrorists barged into her home. and we heard a little bit of screaming. and that's -- that was our last contact with her. the optimistic scenario here is that she's held hostage in gaza. and not dead on the street of the kibe its where we grew up. >> reporter: what

among them, rachel goldberg. she is the mother of berkeley native hirsh goldberg, poland.e was wounded and taken captive during the attack on a music festival. >> why is no one crying out for these people to be allowed access to the red cross? why is no one demanding just proof of life? this is a global humanitarian catastrophe. >> goldberg decried what she sees as a lack of compassion for the victims of the hamas attack on israel. she says it's time to stop the hatred that exists, saying, quote, in the competition of pain, there's never a winner. >> happening today, merck cheese cafe with locations in dublin and fremont is hosting a giving back to gaza event to raise funds for children in gaza. restaurant al-hilal amigos in san jose hosted a similar event yesterday. 50% of proceeds went to humanitarian aid. organizers say it's a growing fundraiser effort that started with two restaurants, and now 14 establishments are involved. >> so devastating to see what is happening right in front of our eyes. we had to be a part of it. i've been feeling blessed as an owner to be in a

we hope that your wife, rachel goldberg meeting with secretary antony blinken right now, while we speakomfort from that meeting and as you said, you're looking for some action next. jon polin, we'd love to stay in touch with you as we're with you in hoping for the best here. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> dana: bill. >> bill: that's tough. the biden administration now facing a lot of pressure now to take action on iran. the american hostages as you hear are being held at the hand of hamas terrorists. hhugh dugan is former acting affairs of hostages and united delegate to the united nations. thank you r being here, hugh. 1989-2015, that's 26 years by by math, and that's a long time. >> dana: saw a lot during those years. >> bill: saw and lot and survived too by the way. >> thank you. i >> bill: what are we up against and what should the administration do with iran and how do you link the $6 billion with what's happening today? >> in our massive military complex, the one weapon of war that we least study and understand is the taking of american hostages. whenever it happens, we're aw

that mother, rachel goldberg and father john poland, spoke about their son, hirsch, on cnn. he was born in berkeley. >> we know that hirsch was last seen with an arm freshly blown off being taken captive. he is our primary interest, but of course, we're humans. we're parents. we're children of parents. and we care about all of the 200 hostages as governor newsom also meeting with a girl from los angeles who was shot in the leg by hamas and left for dead. >> and i'm grateful that the governor is visiting israel and talking to the families. >> state senator scott wiener is co-chair of the california legislative jewish caucus. >> there's a long relationship between california and israel with sister city relationships and so i think it's good for the governor to show that that relationship continues. >> new york governor kathy hochul, also in israel this week. >> this was a never forget moment. the world can never forget the barbarism and how unsafe, civilized and savage these attacks were. >> political science expert professor steve wolpert says he's not surprised by either of

. >> those were the last texts rachel goldberg got from her son , 23 year old hirsch goldberg, poland, an israeli american from berkeley, saturday morning, shortly after the first bomb sirens went off in jerusalem. but later the family learned hirsch was in a bomb shelter that was attacked. >> they were all civilians at a music festival in. they were fish in a barrel sitting in this bomb shelter. terrorists came to the door. they were throwing grenades in shooting machine guns. and we know that hirsch's arm from the elbow down in was seven, said goldberg says she was told hirsch put together a makeshift tourniquet using his shirt, and hamas came in after the gunfire settled down, asking anyone who could walk to come with them, take hirsch and five others away in a pickup truck. >> police telling his parents his last known cell phone signal was on the border with gaza. here's hirsch's father. >> her, by eyewitness accounts from the people that we talked to who are in this bomb shelter , several people independent of each other, said your son and his friend on air saved our lives. anybo

among them, rachel goldberg. she's the mother of berkeley native hirsh goldberg, poland, who was wounded and taken captive during the attack on a music festival. >> why is no one crying out for these people to be allowed access to the red cross? why is no one demanding just proof of life? this this is a global humanitarian catastrophe. >> goldberg decried what she sees as a lack of compassion for the victims of the hamas attack on israel. she says it's time to stop the hatred that exists, saying, quote, in the competition of pain, there is never a winner in the east bay. >> oakland police are investigating a shotspotter activation that led to a car crashing into wings restaurant near 65th street. when officers arrived, they detained multiple individuals and recovered two firearms the black audi had multiple bullet holes in the rear window. police say the crashed vehicle was related to the original shots that were fired at walnut creek. >> police have managed to put a big dent in a retail theft ring involving lulu

that mother, rachel goldberg and father john poland, spoke about their son, hirsch, on cnn. he was born in berkeley. we know that hirsch was last seen with an arm freshly blown off being taken captive. >> he is our primary interest, but of course, we're humans. we're parents. we're children of parents. and we care about all of the 200 hostages. >> governor newsom also meeting with a girl from los angeles who was shot in the leg by hamas and left for dead. >> i'm grateful that the governor is visiting israel and talking to the families. >> state senator scott wiener is co-chair of the california legislative jewish caucus. >> there's a long relationship between california and israel with sister city relationships and so i think it's good for the governor to show, though, that that relationship continues. >> as new york governor kathy hochul, also in israel this week. >> this was a never forget moment. the world can never forget the barbarism and how unsafe, realized and savage these attacks were. >> political science expert professor steve wolpert says he's not surprised by ei

rachel goldberg's son hirsch -- here he is. he was born in berkeley. he was at a music festival and it was ambushed by hamas terrorists and 260 people slaughtered. they only know that their son's arm was severed but they have not heard from him since. meanwhile, another family says the grandmother from fresno was sitting on her porch when the neighborhood was attacked. they are undeniably traumatized. >> i want also to speak about the responsibility that the u.s. administration, president biden, and the secretary of state blinken has for the lives of every u.s. citizen that is out there and they are responsible to bring the u.s. citizens back home safe and sound. >> so the white house says the u.s. currently does not know the exact number of americans that are being held hostage this morning. nicole? >> israel is retaliating relentlessly from the skies. there have been hundreds of strikes on the gaza strip. the palestinian ministry of health says at least 9350 people have died just there and more than half of them are women and children. humanitarian g

rachel goldberg says her son, her schulberg poland. >> sent to his father in 2 separate text messages saturday morning shortly after he and several other people were taken hostage in israel to young women. >> 3 other young men they were put on a pickup truck. and driven away by hamas. the 23 year-old berkeley native who moved to israel when he was 7 years old, was attending an outdoor music festival near the gaza border. >> when hamas attacked with rockets and gunfire, killing at least 260 people, they were fish in a barrel. goldberg says her son and others sought refuge in a bomb shelter which was eventually attacked by hamas during a gun battle. goldberg says her son's arm was blown off from the elbow down when the gunfire settled down. she says hamas told anyone who could walk to get up and out. we are told that he was completely calm. i think she's probably in shock. >> got up and he walked out with 5 other. people, young people from the music festival speaking during a news conference at the carlton hotel in israel tuesday. goldberg saying her son completed his mandatory army ser

among them, rachel goldberg.s the mother of berkeley native hirsch goldberg, poland, who was wounded and taken captive during the attack on a music festival. >> why is no one crying out for these people to be allowed access to the red cross? why is no one demanding just proof of life? this is a global humanitarian catastrophe. >> goldberg decried what she sees as a lack of compassion for the victims of the hamas attack on israel. she says it's time to stop the hatred that exists, saying, quote, in the competition of pain, there is never a winner. happening today, merci is cafe with locations in dublin and fremont is hosting a giving giving back to gaza event to raise funds for children in gaza. restaurant al-hilal amigos in san jose hosted a similar event yesterday. they 50% of proceeds went to humanitarian aid. organizers say it's a growing fundraising effort that started with two restaurants. it's for teen are now involved. >> so devastating to see what is happening right in front of our eyes. we had to be a pa

that mother, rachel goldberg, and father john poland, spoke about their son, hirsch, on cnn. he was born in berkeley. >> we know that hirsch was last seen with an arm freshly blown off being taken captive. he is our primary interest, but of course, we're humans. we're parents. we're children of parents. and we care about all of the 200 hostages. governor newsom also meeting with a girl from los angeles who was shot in the leg by hamas and left for dead. >> i'm grateful that the governor is visiting israel and talking to the families. >> state senator scott wiener is co-chair of the california legislative jewish caucus. there's a long relationship between california and israel with sister city relations ships. >> and so. i think it's good for the governor to show that that relationship continues. >> new york governor kathy hochul also in israel this week. >> this was a never forget moment that the world can never forget the barbarism and how uncivilized and savage these attacks were. >> political science expert, professor steve wolpert says he's not surprised by either of thes

rachel pauline goldberg is the mother of a kidnapped israeli. eful day at the gaza border music festival. rachel identified the wounded young man in the video. “what if it was your son,” she asked the people gathered in the hall. of course we are afraid, we do not know that this is an operation in which combat troops will enter the gas, what is happening there. we are afraid for our hostages, we ask our government and others to.... think about the hostages first, my sister does not have a second citizenship, only israeli citizenship, and this has scared us very much, and we think that will be further, they will release only those who have dual or triple citizenship. what about those who don’t have it, who will stand for us, who is our voice? this girl’s older sister, nineteen-year-old karina, is a conscript soldier, she does not have dual citizenship, the family left for israel from the ussr, and the family fears for karina’s life every second, they cling to every encouraging news from the gas, hoping that suddenly their children, parents, brothe

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. >> trace: you don't know rachel goldberg went and spoke at the united nations last week in new yorkbout her son and that was because she hasn't heard anything. imagine being a parent your son held captive and you have no concept where he might be what condition he might be in. it is a psychological devastating. >> the other day i talked to a rabbi and in the talmud that's the worst anguish when a loved one is taken hostage they don't know where they are what condition their hirsch was wounded so we don't know what medical attention he received and weird talking about hostages from holocaust survivors and babies. we saw something called the global day of prayer for hostages and missing and we talked to many of them and the anguish is like the goldberg's and they're saying negotiations going on diplomacy going on but there they were saying let's pray to god for a miracle. >> what amazes me we talk about the number of hostages 229 now four released the numbers keep moving i'm not sure why that is make because they don't have had the information but what amazes me is that there are 40 c

we are joined by his parents john and rachel goldberg. thank you for coming in.re here for a very simple reason. to save your son. >> yes. >> what do you want people to know about him? >> to know about hirsch? he is is a curious voracious reader. loves learning about people and the world. has had wonder lust since he was a little boy. loves going hiking and camping and traveling on his own. he is comfortable by himself. but he's got a lot of friends. what mother doesn't say, he's great? i love him. >> what have you heard about his condition? anything? >> we last saw him friday night october 6th. he was last seen by anybody that we have heard from on saturday morning october 7th. he was seen with his arm blown off after being in a bunker with 28 other people, we think, most of whom were killed. the bunker came under heavy gun fire, grenades were being thrown in. at 9 a.m. hamas gun men came in, took hirsch and two other boys, pulled them out, loaded them onto a pickup truck. it left towards gaza. that's the last we know. >> did you hear anything from him while tha

>> reporter: so many families watching and waiting, like the parents of 23-year-old hersh goldberg-polin. rachel and john, originally from chicago, telling david their son was put in the back of a pickup truck at that music festival. they showed his last two text messages, saying, "i love you" and "i'm sorry." they know he understood the pain they would experience. a week later, rachel describing the excruciating wait. >> i try to go through the many, you know, texts or emails that we're getting, and i say, i'm going to do my cry now, and i go into my room and i do my, you know, primal mother, and then i wipe my face and i say, now i have to go fight. >> reporter: israel has so far tallied 199 hostages, but there are still 300 israelis unaccounted for after hamas' rampage. in tel aviv, those families rallying outside israel's military headquarters. these posters say "bring our idan back" and this one says "we want answers." the israeli military says its special operations units are already operating inside gaza, carrying out raids, recovering some bodies, but no living hostages. those urban area

rachel and jonathan's young son, hersh goldberg polin, who just turned 23, was celebrating his birthday at that music festival, where young people soon began to run for their lives. they tell me, the last two text messages from their son. "i love you." and "i'm sorry." >> there were two messages in a row at 8:11. the first one said, "i love you." and the second one said, "i'm sorry." so, i immediately knew something terrible had happened. i tried immediately to call him and it rang and rang. i wrote, "are you okay?" no answer. "are you okay? let me know you're okay." and -- so, that's the last time we heard from him was at 8:11 saturday morning. the fact that he didn't just say "i love you," but that he said, "i'm sorry," i took immediately to be that he knew we were going to be in tremendous pain or worry or crisis, because it -- it made no sense. there's no other reason to say something like that. so that's the last time that we heard from. >> david: and those two words, i'm sorry. >> and i keep saying, "it's okay." we haven't slept. i mean, we -- but when i have these quiet moments a

. >> reporter: two parents from chicago, rachel and jonathan, who moved to jerusalem, are trying to find their son, hirsch goldbergs birthday at the music festival. they spoke to david muir. >> there were two messages in a row at 8:11. "i love you." the second one said, "i'm sorry." i immediately knew something terrible had happened. that's the last time we heard from him. >> reporter: his parents have pieced together his last known moments through friends and strangers and found this image of young people crowded into a shelter. >> this is the bomb shelter. you see it's like this tiny opening. and there are like 30 people in this cement shelter. this is hirsch. >> this is the last known image of hirsch? >> correct. correct. >> reporter: they've been told grenades were being thrown into that shelter. their son's arm badly mangled before witnesses say he was put onto a pickup truck by milit militants. >> we no know he's critically wounded. so it's dire. and i really hope that he's getting the medical attention he needs to stay alive. >> it's an impossible question. how have you even gotten through it this far? >> i

goldberg—polin. the 23—year—old was badly wounded at a hamas attack at the music festival at which hundreds were killed. his mother rachelss. i do feel that president 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. let me see the live pictures again because we are waiting for the us president, you can see the flag on the podium and that it is all set forjoe biden after his variety of meetings. let me give you the latest at the news agency is reporting that joe biden said he has asked the israel prime minister quote tough questions, during their meeting in tel aviv where they discussed hum

goldberg—polin. the 23—year—old was badly wounded at a hamas attack at the music festival at which hundreds were killed. hersh�*s mother rachel. i do feel that president 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

goldberg poland. he is believed to be a hostage in gaza. last monday i did a live interview with his mom, rachel, and his dad, john. they told me that hersh's arm had been partially blown off by hamas gunmen after tossing grenades into the shelter he was hiding in. eyewitnesses told them their son was put into a truck by hamas gunmen and driven off. during that live interview a week ago when we showed a picture of hersh, this picture, i realized i actually had seen their son and had a video of their son on my phone. it had been shown to me by a soldier at the music festival. we recorded it off his phone. we had permission to do so. and it had never been released publicly. i did not want to shock them, so i waited until the interview was done and called rachel and john immediately, and i sent them the video. and it was their son, hersh. the family would like everyone to see this video. they want you to know what has happened to their child, and they want the world to know that there are seriously wounded people who were taken by hamas. and this video is proof of that. we blurred out some parts of