BBC Mocked for ‘Outrageous’ Suggestion IDF Should Have Warned Gazans Before Hostage Rescue Mission
The BBC is facing heavy backlash after one of its journalists suggested to former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Jonathan Conricus that Israel should have warned the Palestinians before carrying out a daring surprise attack on Saturday to rescue four hostages who had been held in Gaza for eight months. During the period BBC News […]
Israel Slams Complaints About Civilians Killed in Hostage Raid: ‘The Ultimate Chutzpah’
Israeli government spokesman David Mensah on Monday slammed critics who complained about Palestinian civilian casualties during last weekend’s Israeli hostage rescue mission in Gaza. “This is the ultimate brazenness,” Mencel told reporters after an AFP correspondent asked whether Israel had breached its “legal obligations” by raiding in broad daylight near the busy market in Nuseira, […]
Tone-deaf Hamas supporters complain about Israel’s hostage rescue operation
On October 7, Hamas terrorists massacred over 1,000 Israeli civilians and took hundreds more hostage. Since then, Hamas has refused to release the remaining hostages, and reports have begun to grow about the number of hostages found dead during Israel’s military operations in Gaza. Over the weekend, the Israel Defense Forces launched the largest hostage […]
Kamala Harris Mourns ‘Innocent Lives’ Lost in Israeli Hostage Rescue in Gaza
Vice President Kamala Harris said at a Democratic dinner in Michigan on Saturday night that she mourned the loss of “innocent lives” of Palestinians in Gaza when four hostages were freed in an Israeli rescue mission. Fox 2 Detroit report: “Before we begin, I want to share a few words about the morning that has […]
Family of Israeli hostage Romi Gonen still in Gaza share complex emotions over Saturday’s rescue
The family of Romi Gonen, the Israeli waitress who was shot and kidnapped on October 7, said Saturday’s shocking rescue of four hostages from Gaza was one of their “happiest days” in recent months, but added that it was “a difficult day… without Romi in our family.” Romi Gonen, 23, was shot in the arm […]
Father of Freed Israeli Hostage Dies of ‘Grief’ Hours Before His Rescue
Yossi Meir Jan, 57, the father of released Israeli hostage Almog Meir Jan, 21, died on Saturday just hours before his son was rescued by Israeli forces. His family said the cause of death was trauma from eight months of captivity. of Jerusalem Post report: The father of Almog Meir Jan, one of four hostages […]
Netanyahu Tells Story of Arnon Zamora, Israeli Hero Who Fell in Hostage Rescue
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened a cabinet meeting on Sunday by telling the story of Israeli police inspector Arnon Zamora, leader of the counter-terrorism unit Yamam, who was killed during Saturday’s hostage rescue mission in Gaza. One day you will be able to live your life – life is good. pic.twitter.com/Z09APkjWuK — Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Gaza ‘Journalist’ Who Doubled as Hamas-run Agency Spox Killed in Israeli Hostage Rescue
Abdallah al-Jamal, a journalist with the US 501(c)3 non-profit Palestine Chronicle, who was killed during an Israeli hostage rescue operation in Gaza on Saturday, was revealed to have been a spokesman for the Hamas-run government department. Abdallah al-Jamal, a Palestine Chronicle contributor from Gaza, was one of 210 Palestinians killed in Saturday’s Nuseirat massacre. pic.twitter.com/kkD3Y4fbY3 […]
Jake Sullivan: It’s ‘hard to say’ how Israeli hostage rescue will impact cease-fire negotiations
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday that it was “hard to say” whether Israel’s recent operation to rescue four hostages in the Gaza Strip would affect ongoing ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. The IDF, along with two other units, carried out a special operation on Saturday to rescue four hostages being […]
Thousands of anti-Israel protesters gathered outside White House as Israel conducted hostage rescue mission
Despite Israeli forces’ successful hostage rescue mission on Saturday, thousands of anti-Israel protesters raged outside the White House. Protesters claimed Israel had crossed a “red line” of “genocide” in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel detailed weeks of planning for Saturday’s hostage rescue mission that saved the lives of four Israeli nationals captured in an Oct. 7 Hamas […]