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Rachel Goldberg-Polin Tells 60 Minutes Her Story as Memoir Honors Son Killed by Hamas

Her account shifts from urgent campaigning to grief work shaped by hard evidence from Gaza tunnels.

Overview

  • Speaking on CBS’s 60 Minutes, the mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin described the pain of knowing her son was tortured, maimed, starved, and abused in captivity.
  • She recounted video recovered from a Hamas fighter’s phone that showed Hersh with a shattered left forearm being forced into a pickup truck during the Oct. 7 Nova Festival attack.
  • Israeli soldiers later found Hersh’s body in a Rafah tunnel and reported he had been executed at close range with six gunshots along with five other hostages.
  • Her public campaign to bring hostages home featured hundreds of interviews, meetings with world leaders, and a daily tape count to keep attention on those taken.
  • The interview arrives with her book, When We See You Again, which reflects on chronic grief and shares lessons drawn from survivor accounts of Hersh’s final months.