'Beach Bum Biden Defends Failed Effort to Bring Hersh Home…'

'Biden, from Beach Vacation: I ‘Worked Tirelessly’ to Bring Hersh Home'

<https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/09/01/biden-from-beach-vacation-i-worked-tirelessly-to-bring-hersh-home/>

'President Joe Biden issued a statement Saturday evening that he had
“worked tirelessly” to secure the release of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and
other murdered hostages, and claimed he would “keep working around the
clock for a deal.”

Biden has been on vacation for two weeks — first in Santa Barbara,
California, and second in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. It is not clear how
he would have been “working tirelessly” or “around the clock” while on
vacation.

His official statement follows, with emphasis added.

Earlier today, in a tunnel under the city of Rafah, Israeli forces
recovered six bodies of hostages held by Hamas. We have now confirmed
that one of the hostages killed by these vicious Hamas terrorists was an
American citizen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin.

I am devastated and outraged. Hersh was among the innocents brutally
attacked while attending a music festival for peace in Israel on October
7. He lost his arm helping friends and strangers during Hamas’ savage
massacre. He had just turned 23. He planned to travel the world. I have
gotten to know his parents, Jon and Rachel. They have been courageous,
wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable. They
have been relentless and irrepressible champions of their son and of all
the hostages held in unconscionable conditions. I admire them and grieve
with them more deeply than words can express. I know all Americans
tonight will have them in their prayers, just as Jill and I will. I have
worked tirelessly to bring their beloved Hersh safely to them and am
heartbroken by the news of his death. It is as tragic as it is
reprehensible. Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes.
And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the
release of the remaining hostages.

Biden has been keeping a low profile since dropping out of the
presidential race in late July.

Goldberg-Polin was a dual U.S. and Israeli citizen. His body was found
on Saturday in a tunnel underneath the city of Rafah, in Gaza, together
with that of five other hostages. They had been shot in the head in the
previous 48 hours, before Israeli soldiers could rescue them.'