According to AP, that regret was expressed by Mr. Doug Emhoff in a speech at a prayer for the lost hostages held at a synagogue in Washington DC, USA on September 3 local time.
Mr. Dough Emhoff is the husband of US Vice President Kamala Harris and in the future he will likely be the first person to have a wife who is the US President if Ms. Harris is elected in November.
Among the six hostages killed was an Israeli-American named Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose body was found missing his left arm.
Mr. Emhoff and Ms. Harris expressed special condolences to the victim: “We feel like we have lost a family member in Hersh's death and we are all heartbroken.”
Harris and her husband also visited Hersh’s parents shortly after the identities of the six Israelis killed were officially announced on September 2. They both sensed the devastation in Hersh’s parents’ words and eyes.
By the time Hersh Goldberg-Polin's body was found, he had been in custody for 333 days.
The US is working hard to bring hostages home safely from the Gaza conflict zone. Mr. Emhoff shared that he saw his wife and US President Joe Biden working around the clock to seek a ceasefire and release the hostages.
