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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.
A source familiar with the situation told NBC News that Qatar, the Gulf state that has been helping to mediate talks over a hostage deal, received the video several days ago and passed it onto the U.S. government. A U.S. official confirmed that the Biden administration received the video Monday and was in touch with Goldberg-Polin’s family. The administration has been working under the assumption that five U.S. hostages are still alive and unaccounted for, a U.S.
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