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One of the hostages, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, was an American citizen.
Tributes were pouring in on Sunday for the six hostages who were found dead in southern Gaza over the weekend.
The hostages, whose bodies were retrieved from a tunnel, ranged in age from 23 to 40. Five had been at a dance music festival in southern Israel when they were taken captive during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas and its allies; a sixth was taken from the village of Be’eri.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a group of their relatives, identified the dead as Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi and Ori Danino.
They were among the roughly 100 hostages remaining in Gaza, both dead and alive. Here is what we know about them.
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23
Mr. Goldberg-Polin was a dual Israeli American citizen who was taken hostage from the festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7. His mother, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, had traveled the world since, advocating the release of the hostages.
“Hersh is a happy-go-lucky, laid-back, good-humored, respectful and curious person,” she said earlier this month, when she spoke at the Democratic National Convention with her husband, Jon. “He is a civilian. He loves soccer, is wild about music and music festivals, and he has been obsessed with geography and travel since he was a little boy.”
