Thousands pay their final respects to American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was murdered in captivity by Hamas terrorists last week.

<p>Hersh Goldin-Polin's mother, Rachel, said at the funeral, “I pray that your death will be a turning point in this horrible situation we are in."</p><p>“Because finally, my sweet boy, finally, finally, finally, finally you’re free. I will love you and I will miss you every single day," she said,</p>

Hamas guidebook obtained by New York Times details the terrorist organization's tactics and strategies for using its tunnel network in combat, showing how it has survived 11 months of war.

Command Sergeant Major Hadas Brentz was murdered together with two other policemen in a terrorist shooting attack near Hebron yesterday.

As the school year began, security personnel discovered fragments that had fallen in the school complex and the Jewish community building following a night of heavy bombardment in the city.

<p>Hersh Goldin-Polin's mother, Rachel, said at the funeral, "For all these months, I have been in such torment and worry about you for every single millisecond of every single day. It is such a specific type of misery that I had never experienced before. I tried hard to suppress the missing you part because that, I was convinced, would break me. So I spent 330 days terrified, scared, worrying, and frightened. It closed my throat and made my soul throb with 3rd degree burns."</p><p>"Now I no longer have to worry about you, I know you are no longer in danger," she said.</p>

<p>Hersh Goldin-Polin's mother, Rachel, said at the funeral, "Amidst the inexplicable agony, terror, anguish, desperation, and fear, we became absolutely certain that you were coming home to us alive, but it was not to be."</p>

Prime Minister Netanyahu sharply criticized the decision of union chairman Arnon Bar-David to declare a general strike.