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Hamas Just Begged Israel to Finish It Off: Sadly, We Have To Conclude that the Hostages are Dead
PJ Media ^ | 04/09/2024 | Stephen Green

Posted on 04/09/2024 9:11:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Two weeks ago I had the sad duty to inform you that most, if not all, of the hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7 were probably dead. Now, Hamas has confirmed it.

"Today I received a detailed report on the talks in Cairo, we are constantly working to achieve our goals, first and foremost the release of all our hostages and achieving a complete victory over Hamas," Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu said on Monday. 

He added, "This victory requires entry into Rafah and the elimination of the terrorist battalions there. It will happen — there is a date."

But it's too late.

"According to the first phase of the deal on which the negotiations are taking place," Barak Ravid reported on Monday, "Hamas is supposed to release 40 hostages alive, including women, soldiers, men over 50 and men under 50 who are in a serious medical condition."

"Israel made it clear that if Hamas agreed to commit to this point, Israel would agree to far-reaching compromises on the issue of the return of Palestinian residents to the northern Gaza Strip," but Hamas says that after six months of hellish captivity, 40 such hostages are no longer alive.

Netanyahu forgot his Macbeth: "If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well it were done quickly."

I'm not trying to Monday Morning Quarterback here, but perhaps it didn't need to be this way. A quicker war would have meant higher casualties but better odds of rescuing the hostages.

Trying to please the Biden administration, the Israeli government took a go-slow approach to weeding Hamas out of Gaza. Netanyahu's more careful counteroffensive kept IDF casualties far lower than I expected and it also kept the White House at bay, if only temporarily.


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If the object was to rescue the hostages, Netanyahu clearly failed. Worse, six months gave the Left more than enough time to rally the expected propaganda offensive against Israel.

It worked so brilliantly that even Presidentish Joe Biden is now openly siding with Hamas, making demand after demand on Israel — even threatening to cut off American supplies of weapons and ammo — but never on Hamas.

As a result, Israel is now in a worse position than it was the day before Hamas committed its terrible terror invasion on Oct. 7. The country is more isolated than perhaps ever before, the hostages are dead, Hamas remains, and the antisemitic Left (and a few losers on the Right) have sharp new tools to use against Israel.

1 posted on 04/09/2024 9:11:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Are the Hammies asking for Israel to nuke their asses?


2 posted on 04/09/2024 9:13:33 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I can't wait until the "media" is printing headlines like, "Trump Reverses Biden-era Policy.")
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3 posted on 04/09/2024 9:14:38 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve long believed that like Pearl Harbor, They knew there was going to be an attack. They decided to utilize the attack to destroy Hamas entirely, with ample justification to do so.

Israel is dumb to rely on anything sourced from the US other then liquid assets it can utilize.


4 posted on 04/09/2024 9:15:19 AM PDT by SPDSHDW
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JAMBOG!

Hamas Just Begged Israel to Finish Them Off

04/09/2024 5:24:21 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 29 replies
PJ Media ^ | 9 Apr2024 | Stephen Green

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And the “Search” function still works.


5 posted on 04/09/2024 9:17:00 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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There was clearly TWO reasons to go into Gaza, one was to finally eliminate hamas and the other was to ALSO get the hostages if possible. When dealing with animals you have to realize that they will act like animals to the determent of the hostages.


6 posted on 04/09/2024 9:31:48 AM PDT by New Perspective (As Leonard Cohen said once in an interview, “You won’t like what comes after America”)
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The so-called civilians have been warned. On the planned date everything alive in Rafah should die. And not one stone should be left standing upon another.


7 posted on 04/09/2024 9:39:12 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Have you guys ever seen the movie “Ransom”?
that is how you deal with kidnappers.
That is the only way.


8 posted on 04/09/2024 9:39:37 AM PDT by rellic
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Too close to Israeli territory for nukes. Save those for Iran.


9 posted on 04/09/2024 9:42:20 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH!)
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I have been arguing since day one that Israel should have emulated the American Allies in WWII and bombed Hamas out of existence, just like the Allies did to Dresden and Tokyo.

Israel had nothing to lose, since it was obvious that they would be condemned by most of the world no matter what they did. Might as well eliminate the problem once and for all.

10 posted on 04/09/2024 9:44:22 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy ( Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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The majority of the hostages have always been dead, they only kept the young women alive long enough to rape them repeatedly, then they offed them when they were tired of them, that simple


11 posted on 04/09/2024 9:50:37 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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