Orna and Ronen Neutra, the parents of 22-year-old Israeli American Omer Neutra who was taken captive by Hamas on Oct. 7, join TODAY to talk about the “devastating” news that Hersh Goldberg-Polin was killed in Hamas captivity and said it would not have happened if there was a cease-fire deal.
The parents of 22-year-old Omer Neutra, who has been held hostage by Hamas since October 2023, are reflecting on the death of another young hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin. Goldberg-Polin, who was 23, was one of six hostages whose bodies were recently found in Gaza. “It’s devastating. Omer and Hersh are almost the same age,” Orna Neutra, Omer Neutra’s mother, said Sept. 2 on TODAY. “We didn’t know the Goldberg-Polins before this, but we were thinking our sons probably knew each other.
” Omer Neutra’s father, Ronen Neutra, also shared how he and his wife are coping with their son’s ongoing captivity. “We basically ask ourselves every morning, ‘What are we doing today to try and bring him out?’” he said. He also said “it’s critical that people do not forget” all the hostages who remain in Hamas captivity. About 250 people were taken hostage when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, and about 100 people remain in captivity, NBC News reported.
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