Her kidnapped son was killed in a Gaza tunnel. A new memoir gives a searing account of her grief
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Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose 23-year-old son, Hersh, was kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas cross border attack on Israel and killed in Gaza nearly a year later, poses for a photo with her new book "When We See You Again," in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose 23-year-old son, Hersh, was kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas cross border attack on Israel and killed in Gaza nearly a year later, poses for a photo in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)FILE - Jonathan Polin and Rachel Goldberg, parents of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, attend their son's funeral in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (Gil Cohen-Magen/Pool via AP, File)FILE - Friends and supporters of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was kidnapped to the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023, protest outside of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence to demand a deal for the immediate release of all hostages, after Hamas released a video of Goldberg-Polin, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)FILE - Jon Polin, left, and Rachel Goldberg, parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, pictured on screen speak during the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose 23-year-old son, Hersh, was kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas cross border attack on Israel and killed in Gaza nearly a year later, poses for a photo with her new book "When We See You Again," in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)