News Wrap: Outrage and grief in Israel after 6 more hostages die in Gaza

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• John Yang:

  Thank you. Good evening. I'm John Yang. In Israel, an outpouring of grief and anger after Israeli forces recovered the bodies of six more hostages overnight in Gaza, among them was 23-year old Israeli American Hersh Goldberg-Polin. The bodies were found in a tunnel beneath Rafah on the Egyptian border.

  The health ministry says they had been shot at close range two or three days ago. There have been massive protests tonight as relatives of the remaining hostages accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of abandoning them because he hasn't negotiated their release in months of talks.

  Shay Dickmann, Cousin of Israeli Hostage Carmel Gat: It's too late for us. It's too late for Carmel. I will never hug her again, but 101 people can still hug their families for them, make the deal, save lives.

• John Yang:

  Organized laborers called for a general nationwide strike beginning in just a matter of hours. The work stoppage is expected to shut down Israel's International Airport and disrupt health care, transportation and banking.

  And in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian militants have claimed responsibility for the deaths of three Israeli police officers today near Hebron. Later, security forces killed a Palestinian suspected of carrying out the shooting across the West Bank last week, Israeli forces carried out raids searching for Hamas fighters.

  From Boston to San Francisco, about 10,000 hotel workers walked out their jobs today in the middle of a busy Labor Day weekend. Contract negotiations between the union representing hotel workers and three major hotel chains have stalled. The Union wants changes in working conditions and higher wages. The strike is hitting 25 hotels in eight cities, and it's expected to spread in the coming week.

  And at the Paralympics in Paris today, Team USA picked up eight medals in rowing, archery and track, that lifts the Americans up to third in the medal count. In archery, Army Veteran Jason Tabansky and two-time Paralympian Matt Stutzman, each won gold and in track, Roderick Townsend took first in the men's high jump.

  Still to come on PBS News Weekend, a new film looks at the father daughter bond when the dads are behind bars and the story of Filipino American labor organizer Larry Eatong.