Showing posts with label hostages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hostages. Show all posts

Tuesday, 18 February 2025

Ex hostage thanks Israel and Trump for her release


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Joel Kontinen  

Agam Berger was stationed on the Gaza border, where she was taken prisoner for almost 500 days. Now she has just produced two You tube presentations.

Former hostage Agam Berger delivered a public message to the people of Israel for the first time since her release from Hamas captivity, emphasizing the necessity of Jewish unity and “taking on a mitzvah” to overcome the enemy and bring back the rest of the hostages.

“Thank you to the IDF soldiers and members of the security forces who risked and are still risking their lives to protect the country and bring all the kidnapped men and women home safely,” she began in a YouTube video.

Thank you to the Creator of the Universe, by whose grace I am here.

She then recalled that “when we were there [in captivity], and [Hamas] saw our division – it made them happy. They said that when we are together, we are strong. So I ask you, despite all the differences, let’s maintain unity and maintain our strength as the Jewish People.” I am here.

After 15 months in captivity, Agam Berger wants the world to know she believes Donald Trump helped bring her home.

In a heartfelt message on social media on Monday, the former Hamas hostage spoke with urgency about those still trapped in Gaza’s tunnels.

“I want to take this chance to say to you, President Trump: thank you from the bottom of my heart,” Berger shared on social media.

“Thanks to you, we have returned home. But we must remember, there are still people who truly depend on you and are waiting for you to save them.”

Source:

 'Trump, you're my hope' - Freed hostage to US president | World Israel News February 18 2025


Monday, 27 January 2025

Hamas Staged a Sickening Hostage Parade – and the Media Played Along

 


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Joel Kontinen   

Hamas shows that it is good at pretending. But its shows the audience is wanting to hear the rest of the story,

”This wasn’t just a release of hostages; it was a grotesque theater performance — Hamas’ carefully crafted attempt to project an image of power while simultaneously masquerading as benevolent.

The four young Israeli women — Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag — soldiers kidnapped from the Nahal Oz army base in southern Israel on October 7, 2023 — were the reluctant stars of this PR charade.

The BBC, for example, falsely claimed during a live report showing Hamas’ sickening PR stunt that the Israeli hostages were wearing the same IDF uniforms they had been kidnapped in. This, of course, was a blatant misrepresentation.  As even Hamas’ own wealth of body camera footage from October 7 makes chillingly clear, the four were abducted from their beds and paraded through Gaza’s streets in bloodied pajamas and underwear — not military fatigues.”

The Hamas stunt is a Pallywood number making the Israeli girls the victims.

Source:

Rachel O’Donoghue, 2025 Hamas Staged a Sickening Hostage Parade – and the Media Played Along | United with Israel  27 January