WITH THEM HERE IN JERUSALEM, AND
THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WILL NOT
REST UNTIL THERE IS A DEAL TO
BRING HOME NOT JUST HIRSCH, BUT
ALL OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES.
>> THIS MORNING, THE FBI LOOKING
FOR CLUES IN THIS HAMAS VIDEO OF
AMERICAN ISRAELI HOSTAGE OF
HIRSCH GOLDBERG POLAND AND HIS
PARENTS GETTING A FIRST GLIMPSE
OF THEIR MISSING SON.
THE VIDEO UNIS UNDATED AND SHOWS
HIRSCH HAS LOST HIS LEFT HAND,
BUT HE’S ALIVE.
HIS FAMILY GAVE US PERMISSION TO
SHOW THE FOOTAGE.
>> WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO
SEE THAT VIDEO?
>> INITIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE WERE
JUST CRYING.
THIS WAS A TREMENDOUS VALIDATION
AND ON THE OTHER HAND, WE SEE
HIM
HIM.
HE’S IN CAPTIVITY, HE’S
OBVIOUSLY SUFFERING WITH THIS
MISSING DOMINANT ARM.
>> HE CERTAINLY DOESN’T LOOK
LIKE HIMSELF, BUT IT WAS AMAZING
TO SEE HIM AND AMAZING TO SEE
THAT HE SPEAKS LIKE HIMSELF WITH
CLARITY AND STRENGTH.
>> THE LAST SIGHTING OF THEIR
SON WAS ON OCTOBER 7th AS HE WAS
KIDNAPPED FROM THE SUPER NOVA
MUSIC FESTIVAL, HIS LEFT ARM
BADLY DAMAGED FROM A HAMAS
GRENADE.
THEY HAVE CAMPAIGNED TIRELESSLY
FOR THEIR SON’S RELEASE.
SINCE OCTOBER 7th, A PAINFUL
DAILY RITUAL.
>> SO EVERY DAY, I WRITE THE
NUMBER OF DAYS IT’S BEEN SINCE
HIRSCH WAS STOLEN.
>> HIRSCH IS ONE OF FIVE
AMERICANS STILL BELIEVED TO BE
ALIVE IN HAMAS CAPTIVITY.
FOUR OTHERS WERE RELEASED LAST
YEAR, INCLUDING 4-YEAR-OLD
ABIGAIL THAT DAN, WHO YESTERDAY
BECAME THE FIRST FREED HOSTAGE
TO MEET PRESIDENT BIDEN AT THE
WHITE HOUSE.
BUT ISRAEL SAYS 133 HOSTAGES ARE
STILL IN GAZA.
AT LEAST 36 OF THEM CONFIRMED
DEAD.
>> HOW DO YOU STAY HOPEFUL?
>> WE SAY ALL THE TIME, HOPE IS
MANDATORY.
IT’S NOT REALLY A CHOICE.
IT’S MANDATORY.
>> Reporter: HOPE IS MANDATORY.
WHILE THE WORLD SAW THAT HOSTAGE
VIDEO FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST
NIGHT, A SOURCE TELLS NBC NEWS
THAT HAMAS PASSED IT TO QATAR