Disturbing footage of Hamas terrorists abducting three Israeli hostages from the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023, including Eliya Cohen (pictured). Photo: Screenshot
Disturbing footage of Hamas terrorists abducting three Israeli hostages from the Nova music festival, including dual US citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, was released for the first time on Monday evening.
The two-minute bodycam footage shows Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Or Levy, and Eliya Cohen bloodied but alive in the back of a pickup truck while being taken to Gaza, the Hamas-ruled enclave from which the Palestinian terrorist group launched its Oct. 7 invasion of and brutal rampage across southern Israel.
The families of the three made the decision to release the footage to highlight the “neglect” of the Israeli government in failing to secure their return 262 days after their abduction.
“Hersh, Eliya, and Or were kidnapped alive and so they have to return, today. Every day that passes endangers the abductees and may torpedo the ability to bring them home,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement.
WARNING: Viewer discretion advised. Some readers may find the following footage, which includes graphic content, disturbing and upsetting.
The families of Hersh Goldberg-Polin (23), Or Levy (33), and Eliya Cohen (26) have authorized the release of new footage showing their loved ones’ abduction. The three were kidnapped from a field shelter after fleeing the NOVA Festival in Re’im. They remain in Hamas captivity.… pic.twitter.com/ZyWs07YNTi
— Bring Them Home Now (@bringhomenow) June 24, 2024
Goldberg-Polin, Cohen, and Levy were all in the same roadside bomb shelter when Hamas terrorists lobbed grenades inside.
Goldberg-Polin, who sought shelter with his friend Aner Shapira, had his arm blown off below the elbow. The video shows the 23-year-old American-Israeli clutching his arm with bone protruding out of it bound by a makeshift tourniquet.
Shapira caught seven of the grenades thrown inside the bomb shelter and managed to throw them back outside at the terrorists. The eighth grenade killed him.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the new footage, saying it “breaks all of our hearts, and once again underlines the cruelty of the enemy that we have vowed to eliminate.”
“We will not stop the war until we bring all of our 120 loved ones home,” Netanyahu said, referring to the hostages still in Gaza. Over 250 people were initially kidnapped during the Oct. 7 massacre in which 1,200 people were killed. More than 100 hostages were released as part of a temporary truce in November, and Israeli forces have rescued others, both living and deceased, as part of their ongoing operations in Gaza.
Or Levy, 33, and his wife Einav attended the music festival, arriving in the early morning shortly before terrorists overran the area. The couple took refuge in the same shelter as Goldberg-Polin and Shapira. Einav was killed and Or was taken hostage. They left an only child, Almog, who will turn three years old on Tuesday.
Eliya Cohen arrived at the festival with his girlfriend Ziv Abud, her nephew, and the nephew’s girlfriend. When the attack began, the four sought refuge in the shelter. Abud’s nephew and his girlfriend were murdered. Cohen was kidnapped from the shelter, while Ziv survived by being buried under the bodies for six hours.
On April 24, Hamas released a propaganda video showing Goldberg-Polin for the first time since his capture. The footage revealed he was missing his right lower arm.
In the undated three-minute video, Goldberg-Polin mentioned being held captive for “nearly 200 days,” suggesting a recent filming date. His mother, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, cited Israeli video experts as concluding that the footage was very recent.
Hamas murdered more than 360 people at the Nova festival and kidnapped a further 40. They also maimed and sexually assaulted both men and women at the scene.
Also on Monday evening, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) revealed that hostage Sergeant Major Mohammed Alatrash, a tracker in the Gaza Division, was killed while battling Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, new findings have shown. Alatrash’s body was taken into Gaza. He was survived by two wives and thirteen children, the youngest of whom was born a month before his murder.
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