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‘Totally Unacceptable’: Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff Rejects Hamas Demands to U.S. Ceasefire Proposal

With Israel being demonized by much of the European Union, South America, the UK, Canada, and others, Hamas is emboldened to reject ceasefire proposals from the U.S. Instead, Hamas responds with insane demands, including a ceasefire for 7 years. Such a ceasefire would allow Hamas to re-build, so that they can carry out another October 7th style attack against Israel again.

Stop the futile negotiations with Hamas.

Stop the appeasement of Hamas. Let Israel destroy Hamas and end this war once and for all.

Hamas monsters are given a seat at the table of human discourse and making demands.

Were the Nazis given such respect and grace?

What the hell is wrong with everyone?

‘Totally unacceptable’: Trump envoy Steve Witkoff rejects Hamas response to US ceasefire proposal

By: Express Web Desk

Hamas said in a statement that under the deal, it will release 10 living hostages and 18 bodies in return for Israel’s release of a number of Palestinian prisoners.

Hours after Hamas said it has submitted its response on a ceasefire proposal presented by US to mediators, Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff slammed the Palestinian group terming the response as “totally unacceptable and only takes us backward”.

“Hamas should accept the framework proposal we put forward as the basis for proximity talks, which we can begin immediately this coming week,” Witkoff said. “That is the only way we can close a 60-day ceasefire deal in the coming days — one in which half of the living hostages and half of those who are deceased will come home to their families, and where substantive negotiations in good faith can take place to try to reach a permanent ceasefire.”

Hamas in the response said that under the latest deal, it would release 10 living hostages and 18 bodies in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners by Israel — a shift from the US proposal that could complicate Israel’s ability to resume fighting if talks on a permanent ceasefire are not concluded by the end of the truce, as per The Guardian.

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Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Statement on Gaza War: ‘From now on…negotiations only under fire!’

Tonight, in a message to the nation, Netanyahu told Israelis: “From now on – we will act against Hamas with increasing force. From now on – negotiations only under fire!” 

WATCH: Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Statement on Gaza War: ‘From now on…negotiations only under fire!’

“Hamas is responsible for this war.

It invaded our towns, murdered our people, raped our women, and kidnapped our loved ones.

Hamas refused, offer after offer, to release our hostages.

In the past two weeks, Israel did not initiate any military action in the hope that Hamas would change course. Well, that didn’t happen.

While Israel accepted the offer of President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, Hamas flatly refused to do so.

This is why I authorized yesterday the renewal of military action against Hamas.

Israel does not target Palestinian civilians. We target Hamas terrorists.

And when these terrorists embed themselves in civilian areas, when they use civilians as human shields, they’re the ones who are responsible for all unintended casualties.”

Israel: Harm to hostages will lead to annexation of territories

Amit Segal on Channel 12 News with the first publication of Israel’s threat: Any harm to the kidnapped will lead to annexation of territories.

One of Hamas’ threats was that if Israel returned to war – they would kill hostages.

One of the answers to this is that on any harm that will come to a hostage, Israel will annex Arab territory.

NEWSRAEL: Will this threat be enough to keep the Israeli hostages safe? What do YOU think?

In Surprise Strikes, Israel Kills Hamas’ “King”

Amit Segal on Channel 12 News with the first publication of Israel’s threat: Any harm to the kidnapped will lead to annexation of territories.

One of Hamas’ threats was that if Israel returned to war – they would kill hostages.

One of the answers to this is that on any harm that will come to a hostage, Israel will annex Arab territory.

Hamas confirms elimination of leaders

Reports from Gazan channels and Saudi outlet Al-Hadath: Abu Hamza, spokesperson for Islamic Jihad, has been killed along with his wife and children in an Israeli airstrike.

Hamas Official Statement:

Israel has eliminated the following Hamas leaders:

  • Issam Al-Da’alis – Head of the Government Work Monitoring Committee
  • Yasser Harb – Member of Hamas’ Political Bureau
  • Ahmad Al-Hatta – Deputy Minister of Justice
  • Major General Mahmoud Abu Wafah – Deputy Minister of Interior
  • Major General Bahjat Abu Sultan – Director General of the Internal Security Agency

Gaza media outlets report that the wife and children of Muhammad Shabana, commander of the Rafah Brigade of Hamas’ military wing, were killed in an IDF attack, killing his entire family (three of his sons, Hamas operatives, were killed on October 7 and in the fighting in Rafah).

Hamas was Preparing for Another October 7 during Ceasefire

Israeli security cabinet reportedly convened emergency meeting to discuss recent alerts that Hamas was preparing for another invasion of Israel.

UNITED WITH ISRAEL reports:

Israel’s security cabinet on Monday convened an emergency meeting to discuss alerts in the recent weeks of the ceasefire indicating that Hamas had been preparing for another October 7-style massacre in Israel, Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday, citing Israel’s Channel 12.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz repeated the concerns on Tuesday morning in a meeting with the Otef Israel Forum, mainly comprised of Israelis who live near Gaza.

“There are constant preparations being made by Hamas for an invasion [into Israel], similar to October 7,” Katz said there, according to the Jerusalem Post.

“We must strike them and completely finish the job through both offense and defense,” Katz stated. “This is the goal that drives me.”

The report noted that security forces have identified an dramatic increase in efforts by Hamas to carry out attacks against IDF forces in Gaza, pointing to the possibility that Hamas seeks to prepare for another invasion of Israel.

On Tuesday morning, the IDF announced that it had conducted “extensive” strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Monday.

“This follows Hamas’s repeated refusal to release our hostages, as well as its rejection of all of the proposals it has received from U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff and from the mediators,” the Israeli prime minister’s office stated.

The IDF is “attacking targets of the Hamas terrorist organization throughout the Gaza Strip in order to achieve the objectives of the war as they have been determined by the political echelon including the release of all of our hostages, the living and the deceased,” the statement continued. “Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News that Jerusalem had consulted the Trump administration before launching the operation, which the Israeli military named “Strength and Sword.”

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Trump trolls Biden: ‘There will be no Don’t – there will be HELL!’

Trump when asked about the threat that “there will be hell to pay if the hostages are not released by the time he is inaugurated.”

WATCH: Trump warns there will be all hell to pay if hostages aren’t released soon

President-elect Donald Trump, when asked about his warning that “there will be hell if the hostages aren’t released by his inauguration,” responded, “That is exactly what I meant. If the hostages are not released by the time I take office, there will be hell—no ‘don’t,’ there will be hell. They need to be released now.”

The President-elect made the statements on the Hugh Hewitt Podcast on Monday.

Trump added, “I am Israel’s best friend. I moved the embassy to Jerusalem—everything was good, including the Abraham Accords, and every major positive event in Israel recently was because of me. I must also note that I support peace—now is the time.”

Trump’s “don’t” comment appears to be a jab at US President Joe Biden, who warned other actors in the region who were thinking of attacking Israel shortly after October 7. “To anyone thinking of taking advantage of the situation, I have one word: ‘Don’t,'” Biden said from Israel on October 10, 2023.

Trump initially made his “hell to pay’ comment in a post on Truth Social on December 2, 2024. He made the statement after the IDF’s confirmation that Hamas killed American-Israeli Omer Neutra on October 7 and has held his body hostage since.

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Amichai Stein is an Israeli journalist currently working as a diplomatic reporter for The Jerusalem Post and i24 News. From 2017-2024, he worked as a foreign affairs and diplomatic correspondent for KAN News.

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REUTERS’ FAKE NEWS: Israeli PM Netanyahu was NOT secretly in Cairo for talks on a hostage deal

One of the most bizarre media events happened in the last hours where Reuters reported that PM Netanyahu was secretly in Cairo for talks on the hostage deal. 

A number of media sites picked up the story and printed it. NEWSRAEL did NOT.

The report had FAKE NEWS written all over it!

Earlier on Tuesday afternoon, unnamed sources briefed on the matter told Reuters that Netanyahu was heading to Cairo, adding that a truce agreement with Hamas was expected to be signed in the coming days.

Amit Segel, one of the top journalists in Israel wrote on his Telegram account: “At the same time Reuters and others reported that Netanyahu is in Cairo, I knew 100% that he was NOT in Cairo.

The PMO subsequently put out a statement saying that the prime minister on Tuesday led a situational assessment on the border with Syria alongside Defense Minister Israel Katz, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, IDF Northern Command head Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) head Ronen Bar.

Saudi state TV station Al Arabiya cited an Egyptian source as also denying the Israeli prime minister’s presence in the country.

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Hamas Admits Murdering Hostages, Releases Video of Them, Threatens to Post Their Last Messages Before They Executed Them

No words. And to those who support these monsters, there is a special place in hell.

Hamas admits to killing hostages, releases video of slain hostage Eden Yerushalmi

Hamas has issued new instructions to guards on handling hostages if Israeli troops approach hostage holding sites.

By: Jerusalem Post, September 2, 2024:

The spokesperson for Hamas’ armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obaida, said on Monday that the Palestinian group had issued new instructions to guards on handling hostages if Israeli troops approach hostage-holding sites, reiterating blame on Israel for the deaths of hostages.

“Netanyahu and the occupation army alone bear full responsibility for the deaths of the prisoners. They deliberately obstructed any prisoner exchange deal for their own narrow interests, and furthermore, intentionally killed dozens of prisoners through direct airstrikes,” Abu Obaida said in a message on Telegram.

“Let it be clear to everyone that, following the incident in Nuseirat, new instructions have been issued to the Mujahideen tasked with guarding the prisoners. These instructions outline how to handle the situation if the occupation army approaches the location where the prisoners are being held,” he added.

After the announcement, Hamas published a video which began with the similar message and then continued to a recorded message of slain hostage Eden Yerushalmi before her death. In the video, she gave a message directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At this time, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum has not cleared the video for public viewing.
Rescued, escaped, died

The Nuseirat incident refers to Operation Arnon, in which four hostages were rescued from the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, which led to the deaths of at least 100 people, according to IDF estimates, and nearly 300, according to Hamas estimates. The operation also led to the death of Arnon Zamora, for whom the operation was posthumously renamed.

The rescued hostages were Noa Argamani, 26; Andrey Kozlov, 27; Almog Meir Jan, 21; and Shlomi Ziv, 40.

The announcement came a day after the IDF recovered the bodies of six slain Israeli hostages from Gaza: Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino.

All six had been killed by Hamas at least a day before their rescue, having been found dead in the tunnels under Gaza.

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REPORT: Hamas’ leader Sinwar Has Surrounded Himself with 22 Handcuffed Hostages

The definition of evil.

Israel has had several opportunities to eliminate Hamas terrorist after locating his hiding tunnels. However, these attacks were not authorized due to the danger posed to the hostages.

Dressing as a woman, living like a cornered rat……hiding behind women and babies.

Hamas leader Sinwar, surrounded by 22 ‘handcuffed hostages’

Intelligence sources told the Jewish Chronicle that Israel has had several opportunities to eliminate Hamas terrorist after locating his hiding tunnels. However, these attacks were not authorized due to the danger posed to the hostages.

By ILH Staff, Israel Hayom, August 28, 2024;

The Jewish Chronicle reports that out of the 108 hostages believed to be still held in Gaza, only about 20 are alive and under Hamas’s control. These captives are reportedly being used to surround Sinwar, providing protection for the Hamas leader who remains in hiding underground.

Intelligence sources told the Jewish Chronicle that Israel has had several opportunities to eliminate Sinwar after locating his hiding tunnels. However, these attacks were not authorized due to the danger posed to the hostages.

The remaining captives, both living and dead, are believed to be in the hands of smaller terror groups, including the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Mujahideen Brigades, the al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades, and the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. These groups have reportedly cut off contact with Sinwar and are rebelling against his instructions.

Security sources cited by the Jewish Chronicle suggest that these smaller groups have been planning a coup for months due to disagreements with Sinwar over the identity and numbers of Palestinian prisoners to be released in any hostage deal. While Sinwar prioritizes the release of Hamas prisoners, these organizations demand representation for prisoners from their own ranks. The smaller groups are also taking a harder line in negotiations, insisting on the release of all terrorists from Israeli jails, including 1,236 convicted murderers serving life sentences. They also oppose Israel’s proposal to deport released prisoners from Gaza and the West Bank.

These internal Palestinian frictions have reportedly been a significant obstacle in reaching a hostage deal. The situation is further complicated by Sinwar’s reliance on the captives for his own safety. The Hamas leader, in hiding since October 7, has reportedly surrounded himself with 22 living, handcuffed hostages, using them as protection against potential elimination by Israel.

Sinwar’s main demands include ending the war, the withdrawal of the IDF from the entire Gaza Strip, and American guarantees that Israel will not continue the war after a hostage deal is completed. He is also seeking assurances that he will not be eliminated once the hostages in his possession are released.

Another point of contention in recent talks is the Philadelphi Corridor, a narrow strip of land between Gaza and Egypt used for smuggling. Hamas seeks control of this area to restore its military power, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposes this, even at the risk of derailing a potential deal. Talks in Cairo have resumed, but a breakthrough remains elusive. Israeli sources believe Sinwar may be stalling, hoping for a wider regional war that would divert the IDF’s attention from Gaza.

Meanwhile, Hamas is reportedly encouraging terrorist activity in the West Bank to further burden the Israeli army. Zaher Jabarin, a former prisoner released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit exchange, has been tasked with activating terrorists in the area, according to intelligence sources who spoke with the JC. Jabarin, currently operating from Turkey, is considered Hamas’s top financier and is believed to be transferring large amounts of funds received from Iran to fuel terror in the West Bank.

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Hero IDF Yamam Soldier Dies in Hostage Rescue — May his memory be a blessing!

“One of the most complicated hostage rescue missions in history. The operation to rescue the hostages from Nusayrat was named ‘Summer Seeds’ and is defined by the IDF as one of the most complex ever for hostage rescue.” — Hen Mazzig, Post on X.


Heartbreaking. Commander Arnon Zamora, 36, husband and father of two was a hero! May his memory be a blessing.

Yamam soldier wounded in hostage rescue op. dies

By Jerusalem Post, June 8th, 2024

Arnon Zamora was fatally wounded during the rescue operation, which brought back four hostages from Hamas captivity.

Commander Arnon Zamora, 36, the Yamam fighter who was fatally wounded in Saturday’s hostage rescue operation, succumbed to his wounds at the hospital, the Israel Police announced the same day.

Zamora was fatally wounded during the rescue operation, which brought back four hostages from Hamas captivity, including Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40), who were kidnapped from the Nova party on October 7.

Ch.-Insp. Arnon Zamora, 36, the National Counterterrorism Unit (Yamam) fighter who was fatally wounded in Saturday’s intense hostage rescue operation, succumbed to his wounds in hospital, the Israel Police announced.

He is survived by his wife and two children.

The Yamam unit of the Israel Police deals with counter-terrorism operations and has been active throughout the war. Tributes to Zamora’s “supreme bravery” poured in from the government and armed forces.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant also commended Zamora for volunteering to fight on October 7.

“I salute Chief Inspector Arnon Zamora, commander in the elite Yamam Unit, who fell while leading a daring operation to rescue four hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. He lived and fell a hero,” Gallant said.

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Watch ‘Screams Before Silence’ for insights into the satanically directed Muslim sexual jihad

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U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs’ Shakeba Morrad Mocks Families of Hostages

How is this America? How is this person in the U.S Department of Veteran Affairs?

Shakeba Morrad of the U.S Department of Veteran Affairs shockingly mocks the pleas of Jews and Israelis for the release of hostages by Hamas.

About Shekeba Morrad

Overview

Shekeba Morrad is an attorney with the United States federal government who mocked people pleading for Israeli civilians kidnapped by Hamas terrorists to be returned. She posted an Instagram video in November 2023 where she put on an accent and mocked calls for the return of hundreds of hostages, but she deleted the video that same month.

The federal government subsequently opened an investigation into the incident amidst calls from several U.S. senators for Morrad’s immediate removal from her job in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). At the time of her video, she was an appellate attorney in VA at the Office of General Counsel.

Hamas kidnapped the civilians, including women and children, during a series of terror attacks and war crimes that left over 1,200 Israelis dead, hundreds kidnapped and thousands wounded. Hamas executed the terror attacks on October 7, 2023.

The other Hamas war crimes included mass murder, torture, rape and beheadings. Israel retaliated with a war called “Swords of Iron.”

Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., Canada, European Union, Israel and other countries. Founded in 1987, it has killed thousands of Israeli civilians through mass shootings and suicide bombings. Hamas has also kidnapped children, families and the elderly and held them hostage in Gaza. It has desecrated [slide 2] dead bodies and launched numerous rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.

Mocking People Pleading for the Return of Kidnapped Israelis

On November 12, 2023, Morrad appeared in a video of herself from Instagram mocking calls for the return of Israeli citizens who were kidnapped by Hamas and being held hostage in Gaza.

Morrad put on an accent and said [00:00:01]: “We just want our hostages back! Give us our 200 hostages!”

Morrad later deleted the video and privated her Instagram account.

On November 28, 2023, VA reportedly opened an investigation into the incident.

On the same day, VA released a statement that said: “We are aware of this incident, are investigating the matter, and will take any appropriate action.” The statement also said: “There is no place at VA for anti-Semitism or any expression of bigotry or hatred.”

Biographical Information

As of November 2023, Morrad was listed on the website RocketReach as having received a JD from Syracuse University (SU) College of Law in 2013. The website also said that she graduated from the University of Virginia (UVA) with a bachelor’s degree in foreign affairs. Her location was listed as Washington, D.C.

WATCH: Hostage Families Raise Awareness at Jerusalem Purim Parade as Oct. 7th survivors harassed by UK airport staff

Although Purim is a holiday associated with joy, this year, the occasion was shrouded in solemnity as 134 Israeli hostages are still held in Gaza.

Before the war, Jerusalem planned to have its first Purim parade in 42 years.

After October 7th, parade planners decided to go ahead with the event, but to give special emphasis to hostage families raising awareness about Israeli captives.

WATCH: Hostage Families Raise Awareness at Jerusalem Purim Parade

Report: Oct. 7th survivors harassed by UK airport staff

“This is another shocking incident where UK government employees target Jews and discriminate against them because they oppose Israel’s actions in defending itself in Gaza,” says local Jewish leader

Two Israeli brothers who survived the Oct. 7th Nova Festival massacre were reportedly harassed by staff at a British airport, who told the men they needed additional screening to ensure they wouldn’t “do what they’re doing in Gaza” in the UK.

Border Force officers immediately began harassing the men after they produced Israeli passports upon landing in Manchester Airport, according to a letter about the incident from the watchdog group Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and Region (JRCGM).

The pair explained to the officers that they had traveled to the UK to speak about their personal story of survival during the massacre, and had been invited by a non-profit organization raising money for October 7th survivors.

They were then detained and questioned, with their entry to the UK delayed by more than two hours.

When asked why they were subject to such strict screening, the officers replied that they “had to make sure that you are not going to do what you are doing in Gaza over here.”

In a video which captured part of the incident, the officers are seen speaking in an “aggressive, unnecessary and demeaning tone” towards the Israelis, the JRCGM wrote.

Officers can be heard scolding the brothers, telling them to “keep quiet, look at me, are you clear with that? We are the bosses, not you” in the clip.

“This is another shocking incident where UK government employees target Jews and discriminate against them because they oppose Israel’s actions in defending itself in Gaza,” said North West Friends of Israel co-chair Raphi Bloom in a media statement.

“In this case it was a border control officer and last week it was nurses at one of Manchester’s largest hospital. Jews are increasingly scared to identify themselves in public places.

“The UK government has promised to act on extremism and Jew hate but so far these are empty words. These civil servants needs to be sacked and the police investigate them for antisemitism immediately.”

Home Secretary James Cleverly posted on his X account that the incident would be investigated.

REPORT: Female hostage was kept as domestic slave

Nineteen-year-old Liri Albag cleaned houses and subsisted on food scraps.

At least one Israeli hostage was kept as a domestic slave rather than being thrown immediately into a Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip on October 7, the Daily Mail reported Monday.

Nineteen-year-old Liri Albag was forcibly taken from her kibbutz, Nahal Oz, when some 3,000 terrorists invaded some two dozen agricultural villages, towns, and a dance rave, brutally murdered 1,200 and kidnapped 253 people, sparking the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

Her family has not seen or heard from her since, they told the British daily in an interview.

They did reveal for the first time that some of the 86 Israeli hostages who were released in November in exchange for a week-long ceasefire and over 240 Palestinian security prisoners had told them that they had seen and talked to her.

They told the Albags that Liri had been forced to clean toilets for a family and cook food that she was forbidden to eat. She subsisted on scraps, and was permitted to take her first shower only after 37 days.

She was not alone, at least for the first few days. The family had also held four other teens from the kibbutz – Naama Levy, Daniela Gilboa, Karina Ariev and Agam Berger.

The family received confirmation from the army, Albag’s mother, Shira, said, as soldiers had found the room in which they had been imprisoned. They found traces of blood in the room and identified the young women through their DNA.

The IDF released a photo of the room to the Daily Mail, and Shira’s reaction had first been a positive one.

“At first when I saw it, I was happy because she was in a child’s room,” Shira said. “There were kids’ clothes in the cupboard and it gave me a little relief that she wasn’t in a scary place.”

“But then,” she continued, “I understood that she is with a family – they kidnapped her, not Hamas. It’s the equivalent of me keeping someone else’s children locked in my house.”

Over a thousand civilians followed the Hamas fighters into Israel on October 7 in a second wave of murdering, kidnapping and pillaging the border communities.

The released women saw Albag only after she had been transferred to their location, and if her conditions were bad in the civilian home, they only got worse under direct Hamas control.

“She was in a tunnel at that time, 40 meters under the ground, with no air, sunlight, a lot of humidity, no toilet, no water,” Shira noted. “She was drinking salt water from the sea and not much food. That was 112 days ago. From then, we have heard nothing.”

The interview took place on the holiday of Purim, which celebrates the miraculous rescue some 2,000 years ago of the Jewish people from a Persian vizier who had wanted to eradicate the nation from the half of the world that his king controlled.

Almog’s sister, Shay, said that history was trying to repeat itself.

“It is the same today,” she said. “Hamas wanted to kill us all on October 7.”

The family is hoping against hope that the latest hostage negotiations will bear fruit and they will be able to greet Liri at home in their personal, post- Purim miracle.

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BEATEN & TORTURED: Bloodied Faces of Karina, 19, Daniela, 19 Agam, 19 Liri, 18 Hamas Hostages

Think of the leftist Islamic savages attacking our cities in support of this barbarity. Calling them savages would be insulted – I don’t recall savages doing to Jewish girls what these sub-humans did.

Karina, 19 Daniela, 19 Agam, 19 Liri, 18. 3 months in Hamas hell, No Red Cross, no UN, no human rights organizations. No weeping celebrities. Block as many roads as you like.

There will be no justice and no peace till 136 humans are freed.

WATCH: 4 Young Women Beaten, Held Hostage by Hamas With Bloodied Faces

By: World Israel News, January 8, 2024;

In a haunting article, the Daily Mail courageously unveils the battered faces of four Israeli women captured by Hamas terrorists.

Their bloodied faces, captured both before and after the October 7 massacre, tell a tale of horror and resilience.

The headline, ‘Don’t forget them!’ echoes their plea as these young women endure three months in captivity.

Watch the heart-wrenching video of these four young women as captures by the brutal Hamas terrorists.

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Second American Hostage Declared Dead In Gaza

A second American hostage in the Gaza Strip was confirmed dead on Thursday, according to multiple reports.

Judy Weinstein Haggai, a 70-year-old American-Israeli dual citizen, was confirmed dead on Thursday, roughly a week after her husband, Gadi, was also declared to have died, Israel National News reported. There are approximately six American hostages remaining in Gaza, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Haggai and her husband were walking through Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7 when Hamas terrorists shot them both, leaving them with critical injuries that resulted in their death, according to The Times of Israel. Their bodies remain in Hamas captivity in Gaza.

The two leave behind four children and seven grandchildren, according to The Times of Israel. Judy was an English teacher who worked with special needs children, and Gadi was a musician and retired chef.

“[Judy was] a poet and an entrepreneur who loved to create and was dedicated to working for peace and friendship,” Kibbutz Nir Oz said in a statement on Thursday, according to The Times of Israel.

“[Gadi was] a musician at heart, a gifted flautist, he played in the IDF Orchestra and was involved with music his whole life,” The Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum said in a statement reported on Friday.

Hamas is currently holding about 129 hostages in Gaza, 118 of whom are Israeli citizens or dual citizens, and 23 of whom are believed to be dead in captivity, according to The Wall Street Journal. A previous short-term truce deal between Hamas and Israel allowed for the release of over 100 hostages, but it ended after Hamas broke the terms of the deal.

Getting the remaining hostages out is “going to be a long process,” President Joe Biden said on Dec. 5, according to the WSJ. The U.S. has been working with Israel and Qatar to try and strike another temporary truce agreement with Hamas to allow for the release of the remaining hostages.

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Israeli Doctor Treating Released Hostages Suffering From ‘Unprecedented Level of Extremely Severe Abuse, We Have to Rewrite the Textbooks of Post-Trauma’

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Pediatrician treating freed hostages: Reports of their good condition are misleading

Dr. Yael Mozer-Glassberg provides new details about physical and psychological states of 19 children and seven women brought to Schneider Children’s Medical Center

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Dr. Yael Mozer-Glassberg, director of Israel’s pediatric liver transplantation service at Schneider Children’s Medical Center, has seen some difficult things in her 25-year career. However, nothing in her experience prepared her for treating Israeli hostages freed from Gaza after nearly two months in captivity.

“From the medical point of view, this was a terrible event. Reports that everyone is giving that the returnees are in more or less stable condition are not true,” Mozer-Glassberg.

Without breaching privacy about the conditions and experiences of specific hostages, she divulged in an online press conference Monday some new details.

Mozer-Glassberg is part of a team of six female physicians, as well as nutritionists, psychologists, and social workers who have attended to the 19 children, and seven women who were brought to Schneider after being released from Hamas captivity in a deal brokered by Qatar and Egypt with American backing.

On October 7, Hamas breached the border with Israel and attacked more than 20 towns, kibbutzim, and IDF bases. The onslaught resulted in terrorists murdering more than 1,200 people and taking some 240 hostage to Gaza.

Like dedicated teams at several other Israeli hospitals, Mozer-Glassberg and her colleagues began preparing as early as October 8 to provide initial treatment to returnees, using protocols created by the Health Ministry and the Welfare Ministry.

Mozer-Glassberg confirmed that the hostages Schneider received had lost 10-15 percent of their body weight. The statistic was similar to one shared by Prof. Itai Pessach at Lily Safra Children’s Hospital at Sheba Medical Center, where other freed hostages were brought.

“The hostages shared with us stories about how limited the food they were given was. If they were given food at all, it was sometimes only a cup of tea and a biscuit or a single dried date in the morning and rice in the evening,” Mozer-Glassberg recounted.
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In cases where siblings were alone without their parents, the older sibling would not eat until the younger one did. For all the hostages, access to drinking water was limited.

“The captors would inflict psychological terrorism on them by forcing them to eat everything given to them after their stomachs had shrunk and hunger pains diminished after having eaten nearly nothing for days,” Mozer-Glassberg said.

As a result of deprivation in Gaza, some hostages exhibited unexpected eating habits when reintroduced to proper nutrition at the hospital. The staff had been primed to prevent the undernourished returnees from overeating and succumbing to the dangerous Refeeding Syndrome. But instead, they ate very little of the wide variety of foods offered, some of them only consuming crumbs they pulled from pieces of bread.

“It wasn’t like what we prepared for,” Mozer-Glassberg said.

The doctor reported that with access to water so limited in captivity, the hostages cleaned themselves only a few times during their 50-plus days in Gaza. Some did not bathe at all.

“They returned with extremely deficient hygiene. I have never seen hygiene this bad,” Mozer-Glassberg said. “Their head lice was the worst I have ever seen. Even with five or six treatments, the lice were not gone.”

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First American Among Third Group Of Hostages Released By Hamas

Hamas released a third group of hostages — including Abigail Edan, the first American — Sunday as the four-day ceasefire between Israel and the terrorist group continues.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the status of the third group of hostages, stating that “based on the information” given by the Red Cross, 14 Israeli hostages and three foreign national hostages were released, according to an IDF post on X (formerly known as Twitter).

The release of hostages comes as a four-day ceasefire negotiated by the Qatari government was agreed to by Israel and Hamas. Within the terms of the agreement, Hamas agreed to release 50 hostages they kidnapped Oct. 7 in exchange for 150 Palestinians held in Israeli prison.

IDF authorities confirmed that “as of now” 13 of the hostages are within Israeli territory, with four additional hostages being released to the “Rafah Crossing.”  One of the 13 hostages was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital, according to CNN.

The Israeli prime minister’s office released some of the hostages’ names, showing nine hostages under 18 years of age. The two youngest are only four years old; there are four others between 40 and 84 years old, per Israeli officials.

Of the three foreign nationals identified is Abigail Edan, a four-year-old American dual citizen who was kidnapped Oct. 7 by Hamas in Israel, according to CNN. Edan’s parents were reportedly both killed in front of her during the attack, with her father reportedly using his body as a shield to protect the four-year-old, according to the outlet.

“She turned four just two days ago,” White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated on CNN prior to the confirmed release. “She has been through hell. She had her parents killed right in front of her and has been held hostage for the last several weeks,” Sullivan said. “But I am going to say that we have growing optimism about Abigail and we will now watch and see what happens.”

President Biden commented on the release of Edan, stating she is receiving the “supportive services she needs,” highlighting the “terrible trauma” she has been through.

“Today she’s free, and Jill and I — together with so many Americans — are praying for the fact that she is going to be alright.”

Edan is one of three American hostages reportedly determined to be among the 50 hostages to be released by Hamas, according to Sullivan, who stated the U.S. is still expecting two mothers. However, there is only one more day within the four-day truce and it is unclear if the U.S. has confirmed the two remaining Americans will be in the group released on Monday.

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Hamas Fighters Were Promised $10,000 And An Apartment For Taking A Hostage, Captured Terrorist Tells Israelis

A captured Hamas terrorist told Israeli interrogators the terrorists were promised $10,000 and an apartment for taking hostages, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday.

“[W]hoever brings a hostage back [to Gaza] gets $10,000 and an apartment,” one captured Hamas fighter who stormed Israel on Oct. 7 told his interrogators, the outlet reported.

Israeli intelligence announced their interrogations resulted in a number of similar themes. While Hamas commanders remained in Gaza, all Hamas agents who breached Israel’s borders Oct. 7 were given instructions to kill and kidnap Israelis, The Jerusalem Post reported.

When it came to killing Israelis, the agents were reportedly told not to distinguish between civilians and soldiers. When the Hamas terrorists were pressed on whether Islam permitted the acts they carried out, they responded, “No. Islam does not permit the killing of women and children,” The Jerusalem Post noted.

Money given to terrorists for violent acts is not a new phenomena in the region. The Palestinian Authority, led by Hamas’ rival Fatah, has a “pay to slay” policy, where money is given to any terrorist (or their families) when they participate in terror attacks against Israelis.

Hamas’ invasion into southern Israel was also fueled by Hamas agents reportedly taking drugs to help enhance their combat performance. Israeli war aims following the invasion are reportedly the ousting of Hamas from power in the Gaza Strip and “the creation of a new security regime” in Gaza.

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