Hamas Tries Playing Trump Like Biden; Releases Video of American HostageJoel B. Pollak 30 Nov 2024
Hamas, the Iran-backed Palestinian terrorist group, released a video Saturday of one of the four surviving American hostages, Edan Alexander, in which he is shown appealing to “President Trump” to pressure Israel for his release.
Alexander is one of four living U.S. citizens still being held as hostages by Hamas (several others are still classified as hostages but are believed to be dead). A fifth, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, was executed by Hamas in August. The video is the first sign that Alexander is still alive, and is therefore being treated in Israel as an important and valuable piece of evidence, aside from its problematic content.
The evident intent by Hamas is to pressure Trump in the same way that it sought to pressure President Joe Biden, using the plight of the hostages to cause the U.S. to lean on the Israeli government to give up the fight in Gaza. Hamas has refused any hostage deal that does not involve Israel giving up on its mission of destroying the group.
In the video, recorded under duress, Alexander is shown in a state of emotional distress, crying at times and holding his head in his hands. He emphasizes that his life is in danger, and alludes to “new instructions” by Hamas, ordering hostages to be murdered if the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tries to rescue them.
In addition to blaming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the failure to prevent the October 7 attack, Alexander is shown urging Israelis to attend demonstrations against the government, and suggests that Hamas is rejecting Netanyahu’s recent offer to pay $5 million to any Palestinian who returns an Israeli hostage alive.
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