The American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin's mother says that the 330 days when Hersh was kidnapped were an excruciating form of suffering for her as she knew her son was being tortured, tormented, starved, abused and maimed.
After being told he had been murdered, she realized that those 330 days had been "the good part" because he was alive and she had hope of seeing him again.
In 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against 5 Hamas leaders: Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, Marwan Issa, Khaled Mashal, Ali Baraka and Ismail Haniyeh.
The indictment included charges of terrorism, conspiracy to murder Hersh Goldberg-Polin and 42 other American citizens.
Mashal and Haniyeh lived in Qatar under protecting by the Qatari state for many years. Mashal is still there.