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Three Israeli hostages, whose bodies were found last year in underground tunnels in Gaza, were likely killed in a military airstrike aimed at a Hamas commander, an investigation into their deaths concluded. An investigation into the deaths of Nik Beizer, 19, Ron Sherman, 19, Elia Toledano, 28, found there was a "high probability" that the hostages were killed "as a result of a byproduct of an IDF airstrike" targeting Hamas Northern Brigade commander Ahmed Ghandour, the Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday. The three hostages were being held in a tunnel where Ghandour was operating when the military struck on...

In a significant diplomatic move, Israel has proposed offering safe passage to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in exchange for the release of all hostages held by Hamas. This development, announced on September 11, 2024, by Israeli hostage negotiator Gal Hirsch, marks an unprecedented effort to end the ongoing conflict in Gaza. The proposal comes as Israel faces increasing domestic and international pressure to secure the safe return of its citizens taken hostage during the war. Hirsch, who is leading the negotiations on behalf of the Israeli government, stated that Israel is ready to provide safe passage not only for Sinwar...

President Joe Biden’s months-long push for a cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas has been upended again in recent days, putting the deal on life support as U.S. officials say they are reassessing next steps after they initially hoped to present the two sides with a “take it or leave it” proposal... The latest obstacle — the abrupt introduction by Hamas of a new demand... The two sides had tentatively agreed that at a certain point, Israel would release Palestinian militants serving life sentences in exchange for Hamas freeing Israeli soldiers. But this week, Hamas said civilian...

Massive protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of the news of the murder of six hostages by Hamas faded by the end of the week in Israel — though weekly protests will continue on a smaller scale. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets last Sunday and Monday, as Israelis absorbed the news of the horrific mass murder. Some hostage families and left-wing activists blamed Netanyahu for the failure to reach a hostage deal with Hamas — even though Netanyahu had agreed to terms suggested by the Biden administration. The country’s labor union federation,...

The entire religion is based upon using brute force and sadism to force people’s submission. In recent days, various Israeli former captives of the Muslim Brotherhood (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip have gone public in the Israeli media with their ordeal, and their reportage is uniform. Every one of their different captors comes across as a psychopathic bully. Being kidnapped and becoming a hostage to Muslims means more than just loss of freedom; it means constant, 24-7 abuse, punishment physical and psychological, in particular, endless humiliation. Israel’s YNETnews.com quoted freed hostage Almog Meir regarding his abuser: “If he did not...

The German newspaper Bild on Friday revealed a secret Hamas document that it claims details the terrorist organization's war strategy and in particular it's plan for how to use the hostages it continues to hold in Gaza. The document, which the newspaper claims was personally approved by Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, details the organization's strategy and emphasizes Hamas' intention to delay and stonewall, even if this results in the cancellation of the offers for a hostage deal and a ceasefire. Among other things, it states that Hamas aims to exhaust Israel politically and militarily and has been acting to accomplish...

While Hamas lied about a famine, they were starving hostages. ... there are no shortage of videos and photos of open restaurants and Arab Muslims in Gaza throwing away U.S. aid. That’s not to say there weren’t people starving in Gaza. Those people were the Jewish hostages. Eden Yerushalmi, a young woman who was one of the six hostages murdered by Hamas, weighed only 36 kilograms or 79 pounds at the time of her death. Other surviving hostages have described severe hunger in the past. While the U.S., Israel and other countries filled Gaza with food, the hostages were the...

After the six hostages, including American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, were murdered by Hamas, Joe Biden's response was unbelievable. Instead of condemning Hamas to reporters, he attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for not doing enough. That, despite the fact that he has stood in Netanyahu's way of finishing off Hamas. He also said he was going to get around to talking with Netanyahu "eventually," treating our ally like dirt. What he doesn't seem to understand -- or maybe just doesn't care about -- is that every time he does that and puts more pressure on Israel, that emboldens Hamas; It makes...

Government, by virtue of being a business that pays its employees regardless of their aptitude or work performance, naturally draws a class of people who have few employment opportunities (if any) outside the public sector. Our “public servants” are just hopelessly stupid; who would hire them except government officials and uninformed voters?Rep. Hank Johnson worried about Guam “capsizing” if too many people were on the island at one time, Jerry Brown, who said we needed “more welfare” and fewer jobs, AOC the barmaid, doesn’t understand that illegally crossing the border is illegal, we’re still saddled with bottom-of-the-class Joe Biden and...

Disagreement between Israel and Gaza focuses on 'densely populated' areas, Hamas threatening to execute additional hostages, report says. ......

Tuesday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called Democrat vice-presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) “despicable” for taking a pass on responding to a question on the six slain hostages in Gaza. “So when you look at Israel in particular here, this administration has withheld armed shipments, and they haven’t gotten much especially compared to — especially compared to Ukraine,” host Sean Hannity said. “She — they have constantly called for restraint, restraint, restraint. They have blamed Israel, and they’ve done everything but what they should do, and that’s the right thing which say which would say, well, you...

Speaking to the press at the Minnesota State Fair on Sunday, a jovial Gov. Tim Walz was asked, “What’s your reaction to the six hostages being found dead in Gaza?

President Biden said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure a hostage deal after six captives were found dead in a Hamas terror tunnel in Gaza. Biden, returning to the White House after a two-week vacation in California and Delaware, was asked by a reporter whether Netanyahu had done enough and replied, “No.” He was quickly hailed by the families of the dead hostages. “We urge Prime Minister Netanyahu to demonstrate similar resilience, determination, and commitment to the lives of the hostages,” the Hostages Families Forum Headquarters said in a statement. Biden also said...

Hamas put out a video message on Telegram Monday that threatened to release a second video soon of the recently executed six hostages and their "last message" before their death, according to reports. All six of the hostages whose bodies were recovered Sunday by the IDF are shown speaking into a camera and confirming their identities. The video then cuts to a still frame with the threat to release their "last message to the world," according to The Jerusalem Post.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to criticism Monday from President Joe Biden by saying that pressuring Israel, in the wake of Hamas’s murder of six hostages, will only encourage Hamas to kill more hostages. Netanyahu, speaking at a press briefing, delivered a presentation almost entirely in Hebrew. He began by noting that Israel is in an existential struggle for survival against a brutal enemy. He apologized — as he had done before — to the families of the six murdered hostages, including American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who were killed as Israeli soldiers neared the location underground where they were being...

Israel is facing a general strike on Monday as the national labor union federation, the Histadrut, called on workers to stay home and to protest in favor of a hostage deal following Hamas’s cold-blooded murder of six hostages last week. The union has said that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must immediately reach a deal to return the remaining 100 or so hostages, one-third of whom are thought to be dead. But Netanyahu cannot force a deal: he must deal with Hamas, at least indirectly, which has rejected every deal thus far, including those that have basically...

The tragic news broke Saturday night that the Israel Defense Forces had recovered six bodies of hostages executed by Hamas. One of them was a 23-year-old American named Hersh Goldberg-Polin. But leave it to CNN to add another entry into the "you can't hate the media enough" files, because their headline initially stated that Goldberg-Polin had "died." Of what? A disease? An accident? They didn't say. This is why so many people no longer trust the corporate—lamestream, mainstream, whatever you want to call it—media because, quite simply, they lie. In this case, you could argue that they didn't technically lie...

Israel's Business Forum joined the Hostage Family Forum call to protest as Israelis blocked junctions around the country. The Histadrut chairman, Arnon Bar David, Israel's main labor organization, called for a total shutdown of the country's economy on Monday starting at 6 a.m., and Israel's airport followed shortly after. Israelis gathered at junctions and blocked intersections around the country Sunday morning, calling for a hostage deal after reports came out that the bodies of six hostages had been retrieved from Gaza. Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino were alive in captivity for nearly...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, walked away Sunday after being asked by a reporter what his “reaction” was to the news that the bodies of six Israeli hostages had been discovered in a Hamas tunnel underneath Gaza, including one American citizen. While at the Minnesota State Fair, Walz was asked “how much” had changed since the “last state fair,” and how Walz was “balancing managing” his role as governor and running for vice president.

The families of American-Israeli hostages in Gaza demanded Sunday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accept a cease-fire deal with Hamas after the deaths of six more captives. Dual US-Israeli citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin was among the hostages found dead in Rafah on Saturday, and Hamas is believed to still be holding four living Americans and three who have perished. “The tragic murder of Hersh, just months after we all saw his face in a hostage video released by Hamas, is nothing short of vicious and senseless,” the families said in a joint statement.