President Biden is on a dangerous path negotiating for Hamas hostages
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Since the October 7 Hamas terror attacks, the world has been transfixed by the ongoing Israeli-Hamas conflict. Now we’ve also witnessed an extension of an existing 4-day ceasefire and global attention has shifted to the plight of the hostages.
On Tuesday, 12 more hostages were returned to Israel, bringing the total number of those released to 70. On October 7th, 240 hostages were kidnapped by Hamas. The hostages were from more than 40 countries. There were ten Americans in that total. Despite aggressive diplomatic efforts and direct intervention by President Biden himself, only four-year old Abigail Edan has been released.
When Hamas was rounding up hostages on October 7 during their barbaric terror attacks, they did not discriminate when selecting their victims. The hostages are from more than 40 countries. And it did not matter if you were a grandparent as old as 85, a ten-month-old grandchild or even if you were 8-months pregnant. Nothing protects you from Hamas’ kidnappers.
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