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Trump's election win filled Hamas with 'fear,' hostage held like 'slave' for 505 days recounts
Wave News ^ | 14 December 2025 | Original Story by Fox News

Posted on 12/14/2025 6:33:15 AM PST by Vigilanteman

Context:

Omer Shem Tov, an Israeli who spent 505 days as a hostage of Hamas, described the fear and anxiety he observed among his captors following Donald Trump's election victory in November 2024. During his captivity, Shem Tov was forced to work in Hamas's tunnel system, but noted a shift in his treatment after the election, including improved rations, as the group appeared to anticipate significant changes. Released in February 2025, he expressed gratitude toward Trump for his efforts in securing hostages' freedom and fostering peace in the region, as a cease-fire was established following Trump's 20-point peace plan. Shem Tov has since maintained close ties with fellow survivors, viewing them as family.

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Shem Tov was kidnapped on October 7, 2023, during a music festival in Israel when Hamas launched a surprise attack, resulting in numerous casualties.

While in captivity, he spent five months in a tunnel system where he performed laborious tasks, such as digging and moving supplies, and primarily survived on small biscuits, although Hamas had access to substantial food supplies.

He learned about the U.S. election through Al Jazeera broadcasts overheard in the tunnels, where he noted the terrorists expressed a preference for Kamala Harris to win.

(Excerpt) Read more at wavenewstoday.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Gaza; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: election; hamas; israel; trump
How many of the Kamala voters understood they were giving aid and comfort to actual modern day Nazis with their votes?

How many of them cared?

1 posted on 12/14/2025 6:33:16 AM PST by Vigilanteman
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How many of the Kamala voters understood they were giving aid and comfort to actual modern day Nazis with their votes?

Most Kamala voters would say “Nazi ??? What’s a Nazi?”

2 posted on 12/14/2025 6:53:03 AM PST by Ditto
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Omer Shem Tov, bundle of good blessings?


3 posted on 12/14/2025 6:59:25 AM PST by silent majority rising ( United Israel - Judea, Samaria, and Gaza - US get out of the UN-we are not United with them.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Last one I talked to spouted that Hitler should have finished the job…. He went down to that talking point very quickly.


4 posted on 12/14/2025 7:26:33 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad
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To: Pikachu_Dad

The one you spoke to and said that should have his name released in the wild so that some gypseys can see. Hitler’s FinalSolution to the Jews also took out thousands of gypseys since he considered them inferior, too.

Gypseys can be very vindictive and have long memories.


5 posted on 12/14/2025 8:18:17 AM PST by bobbo666
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To: Pikachu_Dad

These people are sick and demented. It wasn’t for lack of effort, as you know.


6 posted on 12/14/2025 8:35:02 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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