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[global times reporter zhang xiaoya] on september 1, the israel defense forces announced that the bodies of six detainees were found in rafah, southern gaza, which attracted attention from the outside world. according to cnn, former us president trump said on the same day, "we are saddened by their senseless deaths."

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cnn said that trump posted on his social networking site, "we are saddened by the senseless deaths of israeli detainees, and it is extremely horrifying that this also includes the outstanding american citizen hersh goldberg-polling who was killed by hamas."

trump went on to blame the deaths of the detainees on a "complete lack of american power and leadership," the report said.

according to previous reports by cbs and other media, us president biden said in a statement on august 31 local time that the israeli army found the bodies of six detainees in an underground tunnel in the southern gaza strip city of rafah, including israeli-american citizen hersh goldberg-pollin. biden said in the statement, "i am shocked and angry." biden also said that he had worked hard to get hersh goldberg-pollin back to his family safely, and the news of her death was "heartbreaking."

reuters reported that senior hamas member izzat rashiq said that israel, which refused to reach a ceasefire agreement, should be held responsible for the deaths of the six detainees.