CHICAGO (WLS) -- There's a lot of joy at the news of the last living hostages being released by Hamas. At the same time, it's complex for those with loved ones who didn't come home.

Hersh Goldberg-Polin , who was originally from the Chicago area, was one of the hostages who did not survive.

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The 23-year-old from Chicago's north suburbs was one of the hundreds of people seized by militants at a music festival in southern Israel two years ago, on Oct. 7, 2023.

Israeli officials say he was one of six hostages murdered by Hamas, shot in the head at close range.

Goldberg-Polin's grandmother, Leah Polin, says family calls them the beautiful six.

"You see the outline of his body, and his arms were like yardsticks. They were so skinny,

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