{"id":25363,"date":"2025-05-13T07:41:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T07:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/deaths-of-6-israeli-hostages-never-had-to-happen-father-of-man-still-held-captive-says\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T07:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T07:41:17","slug":"deaths-of-6-israeli-hostages-never-had-to-happen-father-of-man-still-held-captive-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/deaths-of-6-israeli-hostages-never-had-to-happen-father-of-man-still-held-captive-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaths of 6 Israeli hostages &#8220;never had to happen,&#8221; father of man still held captive says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The father of an Israeli American still believed to be in Hamas captivity in Gaza says the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hersh-goldberg-polin-israeli-american-hostage-killed-in-gaza-family-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killings of six hostages<\/a><\/span> &#8220;never had to happen.&#8221; The Israeli military announced on Saturday they had recovered the six bodies in a tunnel under the southern Gaza city of Rafah.<\/p>\n<p>Adi Alexander&#8217;s 20-year-old son, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/edan-alexander-us-israeli-hostage-released-hamas-after-more-than-19-months-captivity\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Edan Alexander<\/a><\/span>, was taken by Hamas during the deadly attack on Oct. 7. Adi said he was in a meeting with <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-netanyahu-washington-visit-biden-congress-amid-war-with-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a><\/span> when he visited Washington, D.C., in July.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adi told &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; Monday that he asked Netanyahu then about a cease-fire and hostage release deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was committed to the deal, so now we are a month later with six hostages dead \u2014 that never had to happen. He&#8217;s prolonging the war for the short political reasons,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This is unacceptable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Israelis have protested in the streets and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/israel-hamas-war-netanyahu-strike-protest-ceasefire-hostages-killed-hersh-goldberg-polin\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">members of the country&#8217;s largest labor union went on strike<\/a><\/span> following the news of the hostage deaths, calling for a cease-fire and the return of the remaining hostages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adi is among the relatives of hostages who have met more than a dozen times with national security adviser Jake Sullivan about U.S. efforts to reach a deal. He said he was on a call with Sullivan on Sunday and said there is a new proposal being drafted that will be presented to Hamas and the Israelis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adi called the proposal &#8220;now or never.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope they will take it seriously and say, &#8216;Yes, let&#8217;s go,'&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Adi and his wife, Yael, said it was devastating to hear about the killings of the hostages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yael recalled Rachel Goldberg-Polin \u2014 the mother of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/detroit\/news\/michigan-family-killed-israeli-american-hostage-hersh-goldberg-polin\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Hersh Goldberg-Polin<\/a><\/span>, who was one of the captives killed \u2014 telling her and other hostage families that &#8220;hope is mandatory&#8221; over the last 11 months. But now, she says she&#8217;s struggling for words to express how they are feeling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to say like hopeless, but it was a tough moment for all of us,&#8221; she said on &#8220;CBS Mornings.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adi said they know their son is &#8220;a tough kid.&#8221; Edan is a New Jersey native who volunteered to serve in the IDF after high school. 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