As the Israel-Hamas war rages on, Lester Holt spoke to Americans living in Gaza and Israel for their personal stories about the brutal toll of war.
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#Israel #Gaza #HamasAttack
Brainwashing at its best….You invaded their land, kicked them out of their houses, replaced them with so-called settlers, killed thousands in the process (for every Israeli child died 57 Palestinian children died per United Nations statistics), pushed them into a tiny slice of open air prison called Gaza…and if they dare to fight back you called them TERRORISTs…Numbers don’t lie…Israel killed 6407 Palestinians (1437 children) between 2008Jan-2023Aug while 308 israelis (25 children) were killed according to the United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). One sided reporting by western media creates a false illusion, please do your research…..Anyone supporting Israel, first listen to Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss about the zionist agenda and how much suffering and torture palestinians endured under that agenda since 1948
Hostages?
Not for long
Why would Americans be in hamas ruled gaza?
And if they leave gaza, who will they support? It’s surprising this woman knows what Israel is doing to gaza but not what gazans and hamas did or are doing to Israel. Therein lies my concern. I think they should stay in an arab land until we know where this is leading. We have enough here to stir up troubles as it us…we don’t need more. The protest at our capitol is sign enough to me.Just my opinion.
Don’t we already know where this is heading? Israel wants to occupy Gaza, Palestine, and maybe Lebanon too. Permanently
gaza? sure if it means they dont get more rockets but Lebanon ? why would they want it @Zach Braxton
Good. Those places will prosper and be safe for all people then
It’s land you stole from the palestinians what do you expect?
Can we have Constantinople and Haghia Sofia back please ?
We built them!
signed 1 Billion Christians
If you want to learn what happened to the Palestinian People in the early years YT Ilan Pappe a Jewish Historian. And the conflict watch Norman Finkelstein a Jewish Political Scientist with 40 years experience on the Israel/Palestinian Conflict also on YT. You will get educated 😢
@Jordy Bthere technically isn’t an Israeli State either
@ais it Istanbul or Constantinople?
@Zach Braxton
Exactly my point.
She can do a Wi-Fi call but doesn’t have access to the news… right. Just say you support Hamas sweetheart.
I think she wants to live
You see…. this woman, she does not condemn HAMAS !!!!
The blood line……
Hamas is a Terrorist organisation
Desert cult
I’m sorry for her loss and those who have also lost loved ones on October 7th (and since then.)
I question why the IDF won’t allow for a ceasefire so as to transfer the rest of the hostages out of Gaza?
Carpet bombing Gaza isn’t a reassurance that any hostages will make it out alive.. whether by IDF’s hands or Hamas.
This has been a constant cluster-F from day one. :O/-
Hostages never came alive from Gasa before, only their bodies. Only one alive was Gilad Shalit, who was exchanged for thousands prisoners, but nobody was showing him after his release again, I don’t think he is in good mental state after his experience
By the looks of things, IDF just want to put all their wrath on hamas
@Elina Yaskovich You can add a few more names it seems. Maybe pressure does help to contain “wrath” of an opposition in order to save some lives. Here’s to hoping for more lives saved with even more pressure.
And no, I’m not talking about more bombs.
@Elina Yaskovich who would be ? They killed my friends daughter on the first day at the festival. It’s time God deal with Gaza
@F15Ranger can’t imagine the devastation and pain for the parents🥲
If the Palestinians put down their weapons then there’d be peace. If Israel put down their weapons then they’d be wiped off the map.
I mean it’s an Apartheid state where Ethiopian Jews were secretly sterilised by Israel for being black acc to Haaretz Newspaper in Israel from 27 Jan 2013.
I guess just because a common man cannot condemn their neighborhood terrorists openly in the global media doesn’t mean they are in favor of these self-destructive ideologies and groups.
There was around 2million people in Gaza let’s say half of that are sick,old,kids. That’s 1 million people against what like 10,000-50,000 terrorist. Might be a shot in the dark here but they are helping those terrorist not the other way around.
@Breaker Of Wind They grow up wanting Jews dead. Its how they are raised. There is a reason even Egypt doesnt want anything to do with them…..
@ooyoututchmytralala I can understand and agree with the fact that many locals are brainwashed and support these radicals blindly, but there are many who don’t have a choice but to stay quiet due to social pressure.
I think you will agree on the fact that institutionalization of this whole ideology since last so many decades has gone on another level, so fear is a very natural.
@nishant chhabra Please understand that the people in Gaza from 1947 were the ones that attempted genocide against the jews more than once and the current day people living there are their ancestors. Their hate and unwillingness to compromise has been handed down for 3-4 generations now.
Are you referring to the Zionist settlers who firebomb kids then laugh like hyenas at their evil acts of terror
The original cause because Iran Islamic export Islamic State revoution in to the world. Iran support Hamas an d Hesbollah and onother Isis around .
that mans asked the question about hamas wt, if you were gonna do that don’t show her face at all.
“I dont have any comment on hamas” .. lol yes she is wearing a hijab
Idot.
Her love for Hamas 😅😅😅
Mentality
@TheMoonKingdom who?
Anger and revenge will just create a poisonous CYCLE and a dangerous foundation that will affect humanity today and in the FUTURE – this war intensifies ANGER and interest of REVENGE. Yes HAMAS is very evil and need to be eradicated. Yet, are there another methods than carnage?
Americans are both Israeli and Palestinian. It’s important the government protects both. Most especially Palestinians who are unsafe. Majority of Israelis aren’t living in a situation like Gaza. There needs to be a ceasefire. Regardless of both ends opinions.
😂😂😂
Palestinian or peacefully community does not have interest of USA or there adopted country in there Heart.
Few months ago they burned France.
Interests of community is fore most. They will use the resources of state to the hilt😊
No Muslim country has condemned Hamas the Islamic Jihadiii Terrorists ORGANISATION, and asked for release of HOSTAGES
Israel is clearly saying they don’t want a ceasefire, they want to continue until they “wipe out Hamas”
Hamass could win a seize fire tomorrow if they gave back the hostages and stop with the rockets
@scottyflintstone Israel would just keep bombing and invading them anyway.
Stay there.
Why would the reporter ask her about Hamas? These mofos do not think.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Chapter 12, “The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
They plan I believe on sending Egypt in to deliver aid to civilians. There’s at least chatter about it. If Egypt comes I suggest every citizen flee with them. Especially Americans.
Cant she even try to say that Hamas should release the hostages, but she cannot.
The first woman is pro hamas
Aloha snackbar
https://youtu.be/zMKyH4jCnTE?si=cvQ4_oaesLGtUw3z
You would risk the lives of your children like that?
1:29 She is smart for answering the way she did in the redzone.
Trained by the BOOK
We condemn Israel murdering Woman and childrens. This week 5000 body bag fill in Gaza. Mostly woman and childrens. This is genocide not war… stop this for humanity..
What about the genocide that has been going om in Gaza throughout the past 5 decades?
Israhell must be exposed
No seize fire until HAMAS is destroyed! In Gaza there is no water to bath kids, in Kibutz Beeri there are no kids to bath!
@Jefferson Johns Lol…. with hundreds of millions of dollars that Arab countries gave to Hamas they could have build independent water and power supply. but they chose to spend it on terror.
if Gaza was so bad before these attacks, why are these American residents visiting family in Gaza?
You answered your own question; because they have family n Gaza. You would disown a loved one because they lived in conditions beyond their control?
She should move to Gaza…. TERRORISTS land
They’re Palestinian immigrants with US citizenships, that’s why. They are not the blonde-haired blue-eyed red-blooded Johnny Smith who lives down your street.
propaganda puppet, muslims will never conquer the world.
We need to stop devaluing the lives of those in Gaza. They are not responsible for Hamas any more than Israelis are responsible for Netanyahu.
Not to mention, there are also Americans, Canadians, Brits, Europeans, etc… in Gaza trying to get home, currently being denied safe passage by Israel!
I feel for the families of those Israeli hostages, as I too have family in Israel, but to say “we don’t want any other family to have their hearts shattered” and also say “we don’t want any aid to go into Gaza until the hostages are released” are very telling statements. One life is not worth more than another. Those kidnapped hostage are innocents. Those Palestinian children slowly starving to death and having bombs dropped on their heads as we speak are also innocents.
Starving them, denying them fresh water and medical care won’t bring the hostages home.
They kidnapped people they invited the world to invade Gaza it is now those countries obligation
@Jefferson Johns it is the Palestinians responsibility if that help keeps coming to them. They must fight Hamas then to make sure it does or they will suffer even more
@Walter Please do NOT be naive. They lack funds, nutrition, water, housing, healthcare, proper sleep, education, etc…. Their basic human needs are not being met. How does one make a mature, wise and competent decision under those conditions? If they lived like us Americans, I’d be in 100% agreement with you.
LORD JESUS protect the incocent people of palistin and Isreal and be with the ones who were taking prisoner
Today, Israel bombed the third oldest church in the world in terms of history inside Gaza
@Saif Ali that war needs to end
Hamas “running” the Palestinians is analogous to how inmates politically operate within American prisons.
Israelis determine if the water goes on or off. Israelis determine if food or medical supplies will be available for use. Israel determines if fuel will be available to run the power plant and generators for the hospitals.
I work within prisons and jails and this set-up is extremely similar. However, detainees in USA prisons and jails have constitutional rights to healthcare, receive food and have a place to sleep. Palestinians are much, much worse off than incarcerated people in the USA
Israel has no obligation to provide anything to Gaza.
Palestine used the money for building tunnels and rocket.
Isreal used the money on science and technology.
Palestinians are jealous of Israel and want to destroy them 😅😅😅
You do realize that Egypt has a border with Gaza right? Why dont they step up and help them with water and food etc? Egypt refuses to even open the border for years now. Ill tell you… they dont like them and dont care. If Israel did this to Gaza you would call them monsters. They have no responsibility for Gaza yet they do this anyway.
If they can make rockets and drones they sure can manage their life without the need of Israel!!!!
Abdoloooo has activated the VICTIM CARD.
No Sympathy.
Well done Israel
@Nooo6a Egypt refuses to help them since 73. Wonder why? I’ll tell ya. Gaza has lied to Egypt several times claiming Israel was attacking when they were not
no one cares about the americans. who settles on someone else’s land, throws garbage at palestinian people destroy their homes and expect anyone to have any care for them
The lady in gaza seems a bit concerned about sending a message to Hamas 🤔
Thank you for giving a voice to the Palestinians… both sides are reeling…
Victim card players on the show 😅😅😅
@Kuiper Bond How do you mean?
Save Palestina..Delet Hamas Terorist
Hamas and Palestinians.
Two side of same coiiin
The fact that Abby thinks that innocent Palestinian civilians need to suffer and die because Hamas has her family… speaks volumes with regards to what she is really about and the reason for the much larger problem 🥺
@Thyalwaysseek She really doesn’t get it! 🤦♀️
@Kavya Thamala Pakula Idli Pindi Her delusional sense of morality is the reason why thousands more of “ her people” will be coming home in body bags. 🤦♀️
She literally said at 2:27 “we don’t want any other family to have their hearts shattered the way ours are, we don’t want any more suffering”. She LITERALLY said the OPPOSITE of wanting Palestinians civilians to suffer, but you somehow hearing that in your sick and twisted mind shows a lot about what YOU are really about and what the larger problem truly
is.
@xx YYZZ Did you miss the first part? 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
@xx YYZZ 1:55 For my priority before any aid goes in…. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Get used to it and stay over there
Why do you live near terrorists?
Blame the UK for starting Israel and condemn the US government for picking up the funding to try to fix it. Not a single person my age (30) asked for any of this yet we’re picking up the pieces…
@F15Rangerif we’re really going to kick out all the Palestinians, and then all the Lebanese next, we should kick out the Israelis too.
@F15Ranger no idea. I didn’t start it and I shouldn’t have to solve it. This is our chance to become like Switzerland. The US goes through periods of isolation like it did around the world wars. I used to be Moderate, then Democrat, then Moderate, and now Moderate Republican. I’m more worried about our domestic issues. We can’t help others when we can’t help ourselves first. No refugees maybe? Stop funding Israel? Completely overhaul the situation and take a step back? I honestly don’t know cause everyone is so polarized, but we gotta start somewhere.
@F15Ranger actually now that I’m thinking about it. Abolish Paramilitary units for all UN members? I could need education on them since it’s being used more now than ever
@Dillpickle Sorry that i dont know anything about. I do know about Israel and Gaza. Been there many times.
it’s a rabbit hole you might be familiar with then lol@F15Ranger
Why are you pressuring this woman with political questions? She is an American citizen, & wants help for her babies! What is wrong with you!?!
😂😂😂😂
Why not.
Her heart beats for peaceful 👹😈📖🕋
You guys are animals. You killed 500 Civilians in one day? Have you ever seen even Putin do such a horrific thing in one day in Ukraine? No wonder all American enemies are getting Nuclear weapons because they know you are animals. And yet you Run human rights and democracy propaganda. If we were American enemies the smartest move would be to build as many nukes as possible or to form an effective alliance with countries that have enough nukes because you are animals.
scary to think what they doing to the 12yo boy they clearly hand picked.
These so called Palestinians Americans can’t even speak English properly.
Two maximalist groups, neither of which will come out well in this. 50 years of pressure bursting in 5 days.
In retrospect both of theee maximalist groups should have listened more to Yaser Arafat and Yztak Rabin and came to a compromise a long time ago. Compared to now, those leaders could have created a much better outcome.
Release all Palestinian prisoners right now who are in jail most of their lives
Israel will not do that, the answer is No
Terrorist home is jail
thats what they did some years ago with gilad shalit and poof all of said prisoners become the next heads of hamas
So Palestinian used all this money on what if not for its people.
hard to find a unbiased channel these days.. NBC is tending towards the unbiased spectrum.. well done
lol
NBC is clearly an Israeli mouthpiece. They’re not even slightly unbiased.
IAM going to say what everbody is thinking .Hama’s will not release these hostages.think about it . Hama’s will be killed . Do you think they will give you witnesses to there crimes ?
joe biden again stands with Israel and funds hamas $100m. joe biden failed to free hostages, a ceasefire, a peace plan. instead joe biden will ask for $billions to fund the devilish wars he created.
incubus biden in the flesh
♟ pawns of war
There are terrorists on both sides and thats a whole fact
Victim card 😅😅😅
Only Islamic jihadi Hamas are TERRORISTS
None of the Palestinians when asked about Hamas condemn them.
I don’t hear anyone condemning Israel either…
@Zach BraxtonIsrael is working for good of humanity by rooting out Islamic Jihadiii Terrorists Hamas.
Palestinians are supporter of Terrorists.
Supporters of Terrorists are TERRORISTS
Prayers you and your family get out and safetly home.
Why😊
Has she prayed for Israel HOSTAGES
Agonizing indeed! 😑
The squabble between lockheeds, Raytheons, Northrops, General Dynamics … blah, blah … represented by the jewish entity, dubbed “israel”, on the one side;
The world suffering nations, represented by the Palestinian RESISTANCE (Hamas), on the other.
RESISTANCE, on its part, has long decided to keep its destiny into its own hands at any circumstance, standing tall in the face of anyone who dares interfere with its internal affairs and challenge its decisions.
And as to rest of the world? Who knows and who cares? 🤷♂️
RESISTANCE is determined to walk out victorious from this decisive confront, Inshallah 🤲
Those who enjoy its style and follow, shall benefit from the spoils and reap the rewards… Naturally 👍
Those who don’t, just don’t ❌
israel must fail for humanity to survive ~ Ali Nateghi 💯
We saw it happen in the “Lord of the Rings” film series 💫
Fraud….
Secularists on the show
Americans live in America
I miss the old America
WW3 and 4 needs to take place back to back. It’s really sickening both sides think firing rockets at each other is justified.
We already fought one World War over this, we need to sit this one out. It hasn’t even been 100 years yet since WW2 and we already have to save the jews again? No way, not this time. Let them fight it out amongst themselves.
other zionists like the american israeli here make the same statement, no aid until hamas is gone, yet they seem to live rather comfortably knowing their own military carries out bombings on more areas that were supposed to be safe for palestinians.. as long as they continue to view all 2 million people in gaza as savages and animals they will continue to make palestinian civilians synonmous with hamas and when they finalize this war they will wonder why the palestinians hate them even more than what they already used to.
Why would you ask a woman dressed like that if she has a message for hamas? Um, no speak z English. No news here😂
Why is this news broadcast trying to draw symphony for the Israelites who have become “The reactional terrorist”and whom are slaughtering innocent Palestinians, and not Hamas ❓❓❓
Because the own all the western media
🎉😂😂😂
dont ask her what is her message to hamas
no one in gaza dare to send message to hamas
Why can’t that family leave Gaza?
Fewer in US
She meant to say Israel is worst than Hitler. That attack on the 7th was for years of Palestinian civilians killed my Israel, death to Israel and goofy joe
I sure west media don’t know that Israel just destroy Christians cathedral in gaza
Stoplying and stop bombing children’s andwomen’s in GAZA they aren’t aterrorism free palastine palastine palastine palastine
Why go there stay at home or go somewhere else they don’t need to go through this I can’t imagine living like that day after day It’s just not worth it in the end
STOP THE WAR and talk it over in UN for the people to be not mislead
a shame biden never even made a threat about the hostages. turned his back on them and got on the plane. Sad…
Watch for the inappropriate smirk. Lots of crisis actors.
صحيح أكرانيا مثل فلسطين ،كما أمريكا مثل روسيا .
01:20 there in lies the real problem -hamass holds Palestinians hostage and in line by the point of the gun
Tttvvvv nnnooo 115 wwrrrroonnngggg iitttsss rrruuussdiiiaaannn😂😂😂❤❤
Biden and Blinken: We prioritize the hostages above all else.
Israel: LOL
If there was a terrorist organization operating out of Mexico in the same fashion as Hamas in Israel, how do you think the American government would respond???
Balanced reportorting
If someone had my kid i wouldnt be slagging em of
The hostages arent coming home
i have 9 accords with roommates 64 accords with mom and three accords with the hoa.
Watched pbs news. The bombing in Gaza actually targets Hamas members, get away from hamas, avoid being their human shields
If Gazas Palestinian so wishes to become martyrs, why does HAMAS needs to prevent them from fleeing to the South? The reality is that hamas needs civilian casualties to manipulate the public opinion in order to have the international community apply pressure on Isreal and also to further radicalize the Middle East. They are that callous, Isreal has all right to defend it’s country from terrorist and terrorism
You want peace?? End israel occupation and free palestine
It is gut wrenching what is happening. However, the reality of this is the land belongs to Israel. It is an undeniable truth.
I did research this is what I found: The prophets Amos and Zephaniah are believed to have prophesied that Gaza would be deserted. According to biblical accounts, Gaza fell to Israelite rule, from the reign of King David in the early 11th century BCE. When the United Monarchy split in about 930 BCE, Gaza became a part of the northern Kingdom of Israel.
Consequently, Following the 1967 Six-Day War the territory came under Israeli occupation until 2005. In the 1990s, as part of the Oslo Accords, the administration over most of the area was handed over to the Palestinian National Authority, alongside the existence of Israeli settlements in some areas, which were evacuated in 2005.
If everyone would take the time to understand HAMAS are terrorist. Until this ideology is not eradicated nothing is going to change.
Prayers to God and our Lord Jesus Christ is needed❤️🙏
Hi friends !
I would like to say
some things to
your presidential group.
Eh Joe !
Kind Regards.
I hope you were well.
You can not say
one thing
and the contrary
at the same time.
You can not say
that you respect
Palestine
while you give
white card to israel
to continue
with a genocide
wich has got
more than 50 years.
The Respect
must be won
with Honesty
and Love.
israel
NOT
respect.
So they don’t
deserve respect.
And I refer to their
corrupt government not to the their People.
But their People
are acomplice too
because all of them
has known
what is the meaning of the ocupation.
It has been a masacre.
During decades.
You can not permit
the burning of Qurans
and at the same time
forbide the protest pro
Palestine.
The World
is
with Palestine.
Because
they have got
the Right to live
on Peace.
And if you don’t know
to value the Peace…
You will lose it.
Even your
People is with
Palestine.
Joe :
Perhaps my words
abaut the film of
Billie Wilder
comes to be true.
Humanity
can not sow hate.
We must sow
Love and Respect
because on it is our Future.
I still can solve
your finantial situation Joe.
And you know it.
Even after
the last news
abaut your finances.
You know where I am.
Thanks very much.
Kind Regards
from
Canary Islands.
I would like to thank to
” Premier Guitar ”
and
to ” Sweetwater ”
to give me
the oportunity
to participate
to win
articles of music.
Thanks very much.
Really you are
very kind.
the Lord God sent prophets to warn the Israelis’ to turn from their sinful ways for centuries; they did not and He sent His only begotten Son to redeem them as prophesied ; they rejected that. The diaspora sent them around the world and Hitler made every attempt to annihilate them and the World gave that remnant a land to compensate, and they became as brutal as Hitler and have made every effort to rid that country of the Palestinians and wonder why they are and will be under attacked forever? Each side lives under the brutality of aggression, not Armageddon, just the killing of the innocent for political gain and greed for power. A pseudo religious war with no relationship to the Lord God Almighty of any doctrine or truth.
Hey Joe ! :
I can solve
your finantial situation
even after your sinking.
On that case
I shall pass the
facture to your politics.
All of you are adviced.
Your government
don’t contact with me
because
they don’t want
to solve nothing.
And The Logic,
wich is a science,
says :
“If you don’t want
solutions…
You will only have got problems”.
But
thanks to GOD
I am here.
To serve.
Israel has to get revenge, I mean justice, for what Gaza did to them.
Fund ukraine and Israel
Well maybe don’t attack a music festival 🤔