6 months on, families of US hostages in Gaza stuck in 'ambiguous trauma'

Families of U.S. citizens being held hostage by Hamas terrorists remain hopeful their loved ones will be released, even as negotiations to bring them home stall.

Ruth Marks Eglash is a veteran journalist based in Jerusalem, Israel. She reports and covers the Middle East and Europe. Originally from the U.K, she has also freelanced for numerous news outlets. Ruth can be followed on Twitter @reglash

The Chicago-born mother of three, who moved to Israel with her husband, Jon, and their children in 2008, said, "We run to the ends of the Earth, and we work as hard as we can, and we talk to everyone possible to try to flip the stone that's going to bring our loved ones home."

"We're in a constant state of trauma, terror, agony, angst, misery, its constant. There's never one second of not feeling trauma," said Goldberg-Polin, who last heard from her son minutes before his arm was blown off by terrorists.