Hamas released a propaganda video Wednesday that shows an injured Israeli-American hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
The video came as a surprise, including to Goldberg-Polin’s family.
Scripps News spoke with the family right after Goldberg-Polin was taken hostage.
They said they were desperately worried that he might not be alive because of a grenade injury they saw that he suffered during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on a music festival in Israel.
The last thing they saw of him was him being loaded into a truck by Hamas.
Scripps News does not normally air propaganda videos — but Goldberg-Polin’s family says they want it to be shown because they want to keep the pressure up on the Israeli government to secure the release of the remaining hostages. They have been among the most vocal in calling for action to see the remaining hostages released from Gaza.
Scripps News cannot confirm exactly when the …