The governor's 87-year-old old father died suddenly from a brain hemorrhage in Florida.
JERUSALEM — Gov. Kathy Hochul's father died overnight Wednesday while she was visiting Israel. She slipped a note grieving her loss into Jerusalem's Western Wall holy site on Thursday.Hochul learned of her 87-year-old father John Courtney's sudden death from a brain hemorrhage in Florida as she embarked on the second day of a trip to show support for Israel during its war with Hamas.
More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed and roughly 200 others were abducted and taken into Gaza by Hamas.Hochul met with Israeli families displaced by the conflict, and heard painful stories from families of American citizens taken hostage by Hamas and from Israelis who have been wounded during the fighting. She also held meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's ambassador to the U.S.
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