Estimate: Only 50 of Hamas' 116 Hostages Haven't Been Murdered Yet

The US estimates that Hamas has murdered all but 50 of the hostages they took on October 7th.

US officials believe that as few as 50 of the 116 hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip are still alive, according to a new report.

The assessment, based in part on Israeli intelligence, indicated that 66 of the remaining hostages are now dead, mediators in the hostage talks and a US official told the Wall Street Journal.

Israel previously estimated that 41 remaining hostages were no longer alive, while Hamas has insisted that it does not know how many hostages are alive or dead.

A "peace activist" taken hostage by Hamas and then released says she's not in favor of "peace" any longer.

An Israeli peace activist who was kidnapped and held hostage for 53 days in Gaza said the horrifying experience shattered her longstanding belief that there could be peace between Palestinians and Israelis.

"I don't believe in peace, I don't, sorry. I changed my mind," Ada Sagi, who was captured by Hamas on Oct. 7, at the start of the Israel-Hamas war, told the BBC.

For decades, Sagi, 75, lived in the Nir Oz kibbutz near the Israel-Gaza border and taught Israelis Arabic so that they could speak to their neighbors.

Now, she's urging the Israeli government to agree to a ceasefire and release the other 116 hostages who remain captive by Hamas.

I know that seems to be a contradiction, but she wants the ceasefire just to get the other 116 hostages freed.

Of course, we now estimate that 66 of them have been murdered already.

"For many years, I believed in peace. It's the reason why I started to teach Arabic at school. Maybe it will bring peace between the Arab people in Israel and the Jewish people," she recalled thinking. "But from year to year, I understand Hamas don't want it."

Sagi, who turned 75 while in captivity, was among 105 hostages released in November in exchange for a week-long ceasefire and the release of some 240 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

Ugh. And so the terrorists and kidnappers are right back in action.

I hope Israel killed a lot of them in action.

Jake Tapper, who attacks any right-leaning critics of the media as lying fabulists and fascists, has the audacity to (gently) criticize his fellow media propagandists as down-playing the fact that five Americans remain hostage in Gaza.

But Jake! You're criticizing the media! That means you support disinformation and lies! And the fascist suppression of "journalists"!

Isn't that what you always claim whenever someone criticizes you for your blatant, toxic bias?

By the way, Fake Jake, you can take this up with CNN management and your fellow "journalists," you know.

posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:00 PM

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