Families of Hamas hostages tell Kamala Harris they want 'results' not ... trends now
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Vice President Kamala Harris met with family members of hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza Tuesday who said they weren't interested in expressions of incremental results.
'We don't want any more progress. We want results,' said Rachel Goldberg, mother of American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
Like other family members of hostages taken in the brazen Oct. 7 attack, Goldberg wore a piece of tape with the number 186 signifying the number of days in captivity.
Jonathan Dekel-Chen, father of American hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen appealed to all sides to reach a deal which 'the horror – the horror – that the civilians of Gaza have been experienced, we've been experiencing for the last six months, to come to an end. There is hope for people on both sides of the border –only after the hostages come home,' he said.
Rachel Goldberg, center, mother of American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, along with other families of hostages in Gaza, speaks to reporters outside the White house in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. They met with VP Kamala Harris Tuesday
'We are waiting now in the world waits for Hamas to get to yes ... And we all of us will see shortly if Hamas cares enough about its own people, its own people, to say nothing of our loved ones to move towards deescalation to returning the light to everyone in and around Gaza,' he said.
The Israeli Defense Forces say there are 133 hostages remaining in Gaza as the war continues.
Goldberg spoke of the eight Americans held in Gaza, as well as people 'we don't hear about' – including eight Muslim Arabs, seven Thai buddhists, and two black African Christians.
Earlier at the White House, national security
