Israeli President Herzog apologizes to slain American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin during emotional eulogy
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog apologized at the funeral of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin after Hamas murdered him and five other hostages.
"I apologize on behalf of the State of Israel, that we failed to protect you in the terrible disaster of October 7, that we failed to bring you home safely," Herzog continued. "I apologize that the country you immigrated to at the age of 7, wrapped in the Israeli flag, could not keep you safe. Rachel, Jon, dear Libby, and Orly, grandparents, and the whole family – I ask for your forgiveness, forgiveness that we could not bring Hersh back home alive. Your special light, Hersh, captivated all of us from the first glance, even through the posters crying out for his return." Mourners gather for the funeral procession of Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem on Sept. 2, 2024. (Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS-IL) The funeral procession of Hersh Goldberg-Polin begins in Jerusalem on Sept. 2, 2024. (Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS-IL) Hersh Goldberg-Polin's funeral procession begins in Jerusalem on Sept. 2, 2024. (Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS-IL) Hersh Goldberg-Polin's family participate in his funeral procession in Jerusalem on Sept. 2, 2024. (Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS-IL) The funeral procession of Hersh Goldberg-Polin begins in Jerusalem on Sept. 2, 2024. (Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS-IL) Mourners wave Israeli flags along the funeral procession of Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem on Sept. 2, 2024. (Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS-IL) Danielle Wallace is a breaking news and politics reporter at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on X: @danimwallace.
"Most of us did not have the privilege of knowing you in life, but you have been so alive in us for eleven months now; together with many other brothers and sisters, held captive by cursed, monstrous murderers – since Simchat Torah – which turned into the day of our disaster," he said. "Know this: We are witnesses, and we will never forget. There is no door in the world on which your beloved family did not knock for you, for your rescue and well-being. There is no stone they left unturned, no prayer or plea they did not cry out – from one end of the world to the other – in the ears of God and man."
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