Parents of injured Israeli American hostage say Hamas video offered 'painful' proof of life

JERUSALEM — The last glimpse they had of their son was a shaky video showing him in the back of a pick-up truck with part of his left arm blown off by a Hamas grenade.

Now Rachel Goldberg-Polin, 54, and Jon Polin, 53, have the relief and distress of seeing him in a new video released by the militant group — proof of life they waited 201 days to see.

“Initially, we were just crying,” Goldberg-Polin told NBC News in an interview in Jerusalem on Thursday morning, less than 24 hours after Hamas released the footage of her son, Hersh. The video shows his arm is visibly severed below the elbow, and he calls on the Israeli government to make a deal to release the remaining hostages in Gaza.

“On one hand, this was a tremendous validation” she said, but “on the other hand, we see him — he is in captivity, he is obviously suffering.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hamas-hostage-video-hersh-goldberg-polin-parents-react-interview-rcna149288

**************************************************************************************************

Where are the calls for the hostages' release from the protesters?