Uri Raanan, the father of Natalie Raanan who along with her mother Judith were released by Hamas, told reporters that his daughter sounded “very good” after speaking with her over the phone. Raanan also said that he’s “been waiting for this moment for a long time.”
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#HamasAttack #Hostage #American
Shouldn’t be showing the hostages faces.
The silent majority has watched ceasefire after ceasefire fail in this conflict. The silent majority knows a negotiated peace will also fail. The silent majority knows this situation has to end now. The silent majority realizes it might spread to the entire region but it has reached the stage of there being no other way forward.
@LTS No, from Hamas. Hamas is making it impossible for Palestinians to have a real state. Extremism will never allow this. Unfortunately the Israeli gov which is really conservative is more firmly in power because of all this. Once Hamas is destroyed then the PLO should be put in charge and Israel should honor the agreements re West Bank. Aid money can then be directed into making the places better and safer for civilians instead of preparing for terrorist attacks.
The silent majority sounds like a cult
The silent majority is irrelevant
@LTSfrom demons like you
@TheJestersWindowyeah the fake jews Ashkenazi devils
Happy Ever Father
Meantime, Israel is continuing to block humanitarian aid to Gaza🤔🤔🤔
Oh please!
Cause many more hostages are there
@Josephso you let the thousands of innocents in gaza DIE because you want to free your 250 ALIVE hostages????? sick mentality, sick people
@Hummus. Mmm…yes, but the reason is israel boombed the crossborder 4 times as stated by the egyptian foreign affair minister.
There is a thing called the Rafah crossing on the side of egypt… wonder why sisi is so reluctant to open up the border since the war started… plus it is more heavily fortified than the border on the side with israel
Hamas fans are suddenly acting as if Hamas is a kind and gentle Charity Organization. Lol
@Alex Hankins Like what israel has been doing?
@Alex HankinsAnd the angels have coming from heaven and dropping Bombs over Gaza. If Hamas is Evil then Israel are Angels. If you want to criticize, complete your statement or syfm. Both are Evil, but Israel is a legalized evil.
@Nazgul If your argument is might makes right, then dont cry for human rights when Israel eviscerates gaza.
@Joseph when did I say that?
Hamas started as religious charity organization in 1970s, an offshoot of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, before going radical in 1990s opposing 2-state solution.
Meanwhile the Palestinian death toll is 4000 just let that sink in for a minute. Holocaust in Palestine is taking place
It appears that Hamas still has command and control of their apparatus. All that airstrike had little effect. 🤔
Tunnels buddy
They are more mature than netanyahu
they are the de-facto government in Gaza, with international political wing based in Qatar.
@Garanwaa252 wow you win the dumbest statement of the month award
Barely a dent seems to have been made to Hamas, Israel needs to rethink their military strategy if they are after Hamas. However, if Israel is after annexing north Gaza and the displacement and genocide of the Palestinian people then they are very much succeeding.
THE SAME THAT HAPPENS TO THE PALESTINIANS WITH THE TERRORIST GROUP HAMAS HAPPENS TO COLOMBIA WITH PRESIDENT PETRO (ALIAS AURELIANO) AND HIS SATANIC NARCO-TERRORIST GROUP CALLED THE HISTORICAL COVENANT, THEY HAVE THE SAME CRUEL AND ATROCIOUS MENTALITY AGAINST THE NATION
President Biden…what a joke he is. He had nothing to do with it.
this news is fake. hamas probably executed them. those hostages are probably aliens sent to spy on the USA. be careful guys.
All of this could have been avoided if Israel had not stolen and invaded Palestinian land
@Teddy Willardits not stolen its conquered you dim wit and palestine was not conquered by the jews it was charity given to them so per that logic they dont deserve it
@Teddy Willard It’s very moral actually, when millions are under oppression and hundreds die every year from the violence. Just keep that in mind next time a country invades your country and kills your people for fun. You’re just admitting to being a spineless coward.
@Teddy Willard 😂
@Teddy Willard😂 contradictory sentences
@Teddy Willardok so you’re ok with taking your apartment and becoming homeless,right? You are delusional
So why did they release her? What did they get in exchange?
The daughter willing to have a night life with hamas members
@Stupidian planetsick. Seek help before we see YOU on the news.
They don’t want direct conflict with the us
Because they only wanted to exchange with the Palestinian hostages, but they released the woman and her mother for free to prove that their goal was to liberate the Palestinian hostages only.
They want a ceasefire. They said they will release more because their goal was to not have them for days, but to negotiate a ceasefire and releasing prisoners from Israel.
So Hamas is to be considered kind and caring puppies now…
No, although some ppl are naïve enough to think that way
Well you’re free to consider them however you want
For real…🤦🏻♀️
So they were as healthy as before becoming prisoner of Hamas… So now check how healthy or alive a Palestine is when he is kidnaped by Israel… It a very important point worth noting.
World receives currency behind every fortune there is crime.
Journalists want juicy detail and the dad is like she said they treated her nice and she is 😌. Am glad they are freed,
This is all just for sympathy so we’ll write Biden a check
What about the 500 Palestinians being held in prison by these monsters.# Palestinian lives Matter#
He looks like hes being forced
You sound like a shill
First thing that came to mind based on his demeanor.
Anything that goes with Israel narrative feels legitimate and anything that goes with Palestinians or Hamas narrative is false or made up…… you are carrying your biasis with you and nothing else
forced by who ?
Hamas said here you go don’t let the Americans in.
can really hear the relief in his voice and by his demeanor .
can you?
This guy is American?
Anyone could be American. The U.S. is not an ethno-state.
Lol😅looks like you’ve never been to America
Who cares
fr
so, where are the hostages being held????
In Gaza. Hamas said that bombing Gaza 24/7 led to the death of 22 hostages.
Isra3l is the terrorist
If you could’ve avoided this whole thing would’ve you believed Lee Darrel before the covid 19 I warned you before the Russia and Ukraine war I warned you before the Israel and Hamas war I warned you now I’m asking again ask America to pay Lee Darrel the money they owed him for more than 12 years
Their accent is not American, are they foreign immigrants?
They are Israeli-American. The mother and daughter live near Chicago but they were in Israel visiting the mother’s mother.
News flash: there are millions of U.S. citizens who don’t have the same accent as you
There is more than one American accent. There’s even more than one White American accent.
All Americans are single or multigenerational immigrants except for the native Americans.
The first casualty of war is the truth this is a fake war.
Just doesn’t add up.
Not funny old man
Free the thousands of Palestines kids, women and men detained in the Zionist’s detention camps. Zionist’s propagandists
🙏
Ok Israel, we get it . We all watch what yoes on. Ist off
We despise lies. 2nd all the other dark arts that hurts humans. Can you understand this?
Really feel for the guy. Terrible tragedy.
Oh lord. I hope they and the others are being treated well. I’ve seen photos n videos n I’m not so sure. They will most likely never full reveal what happened to them n then i ask God to comfort n heal them completely!
But you don’t see videos of hostages telling they were literally fine? 😑
@Regressives Destroy Cities against her will? if she stayed in the battle ground she would’ve died.
There are people who were there when they attacked saying it was the crossfire from the Israelis that killed many and others held by them have said they treated them with respect so I doubt they will be given much airtime to tell their story. It’s not just the papers who want horror stories.
@Veronica Kelly i doubt that. The ones released are Americans so they will have lots of interviews! Eventually their stories will be told. And crossfire, I thought they didn’t get there in time? See, I’m so frustrated with news! How did they take so many of there was no one to protect them during the festival and made it inside homes beyond the festival??
Wake up. They’re all fine. So many hostages said they were fine. Hamas only took them because they are desperate for their own people who have been unfairly detained for YEARS to be released. What channels are you listening to? Stop listening to your govt. And all of these mainstream media outlets. I’m actually waiting for israel make up some more lies about what hamas is doing to them. Don’t let them manipulate you. In fact there’s a recording saying that hostages were shot by israeli army in the crossfire undoubtedly. Guys. Wake up please. This is not a zionist vs Arab thing. The israeli govt. Is pushing hisnown agendas. How is no one seeing that clip where j@e is says that if there wasn’t an /sřail that thy would create one ? The man said it. You guys are as coddled as north Korea by the fake news and you’ll need to know it
Hamas always serves Israel’s agenda. Israel kills innocent people, steals their lands, and practices genocide. Hamas survives genocide every time, and the same thing is repeated in a different scenario. Israel returns to killing civilians and stealing their lands under the pretext of Hamas. Once again, civilians die and their lands are stolen. Hamas survives, and it is repeated. It’s the same again
they wont let the hostages speak because they will ruin the bad image that israelis have been working so hard to give hamas through lies and propaganda. the truth will keep revealing over and over on who the evil ones are and some will still not believe as they are the ones with rooted hatred towards islam. islam has rules even in war.
Trump your gone dude orange is an ok color but we are done with DJT hopefully forever Donald Trump
Sounds like Hamas reciprocated after Biden told Israel to give water and food to the palistinians. I don’t agree with Hamas tactics and attack but I also don’t agree the Jews are chosen people and had the right to treat the Palestinians as they did. There are extremists in both peoples and haters in both. So, the president instead of hating to bring the palestine people let them have land and that would reduce the power of Hamas.
Praising Jesus!
Amen
Why weren’t the children released!!!???
They will be. Hamas asked for ceasefire to make sure hostages are released safely, then Netenyahu refused. It’s really ironic how much they value their hostages. The Israelis can get all their hostages once they call for a truce. This is why Israelis were protesting for a ceasefire and not a 24/7 bombing of Gaza, but the right wing government is salivating to get more land than save their own people.
@M when did hamas call for a ceasefire
@random dude they did 4 days ago asking for ceasefire in return of releasing the hostages. Yesterday, they offered releasing 2 more hostages but Netanyahu’s office refused. There are protests in Israel that erupted because Israeli right wing government is disregarding the calls for ceasefire. Even Hamas realized that they can’t win this war and want this to stop. But the the right wing government want a ground invasion and more land. Hamas stated that 55 hostages died in Gaza under the Israeli air strikes.
@M I just want to know where you are getting your info from, I hope that you aren’t believing everything that Hamas puts out.
He is right, this fact has been out for some time.@random dude
Biden probs gave things that should not have been given. Biden and company are snakes in the grass
See these are the Muslim forces your children are hostages they are safe but what are you doing to Palestine what are you doing they are not doing any good please stop torturing children on innocent people in war
We All know why Biden climbed out of his hospital bed right 🤷♀️He wants 4 more yrs to let Obama &Gates & the rest of the Evil to finish destroying our country!!!
Biden should tell Iran that if all of the hostages are not released, then they don’t get any money!!
From my understanding, even though western media refuses to say the WHOLE Hamas Statement.
Apparently they treated the non-israeli hostages really well and even said that they “do this for humanitarian reasons to show the American public they are not what Biden and his corrupt regime say we are”. I might be missing a little here or there but that was the jist of it.
So how much will this cost the U.S. to release the American hostages?. What a sick game those terrorists are playing!
Long time you said two weeks! I’m glad u have your daughter back as a parent! How about Palestinian children by thousands tens of thousands in prisons for months and years!!! Aren’t they human?!!! Shouldn’t they be released?!! Children not adults they are children!!!!
I have a feeling the mom and daughter can’t really do anything about that..
you should tell that to Bibi, not these parents
I am glad she is freed but what about other innocent people being killed on both sides. .?
America is all about the Jews! The rest of the world supports Palestine. “Get out of the pool Joe. Your time is up”!
Speak for yourself! Your world will soon be getting smaller as people woke up to the truth!
NETANYAHU HELPED CREATE AND FUND HAMAS FOR THIS!
Pleased for you but now ask Hamas to free the babies and children kidnapped.
*UN🇺🇳 & USA🇺🇸 must end Israel occupation in West Bank & Golan. UK🇬🇧 responsible in Palestine conflict. Balfour declaration issued by UK (1917), which announced for establishment “national home for jewish people” in Palestine. At that time, Palestine was teritory Ottoman empire & jews in palestine were still minority.*
That’s a lot of lip licking.
He’s nervous and shaken. The type of rapid lip licking he is doing is anxiety
This guy is “American” ? 😂
Biden had nothing to do with there release. It was done by Israel and Qatari. He is claiming credit for this. He couldn’t get A mouse released from A mouse trap.
Все удары Хамас по мирному населению Израиля, сделаны на деньги Байдена, он руководит Хамас. Байден хочет ядерную войну между Россией и США, он продолжает провоцировать ее начало, он продолжает поставки оружия на Украину и в Израиль. Байден хочет уничтожить население земли полностью, он делает все возможное для этого.
Your just worrird about the two what about the whole family. 😢😢😢😢
No sympathy for people going to Apartheid Israel.
1- The call for foreign volunteerism is a champion in Ukraine, but it is a call for terrorism if they were Muslims. 2- The Ukrainian officer who blew himself up is a hero, but if he was a Muslim he would be a terrorist. 3- Solidarity of sports personalities with Ukraine is a genuine right, but it is prohibited when Abu Trika wrote (Sympathy with Gaza) and deserves punishment. 4- Supporting Ukraine with weapons is a legitimate right to self-defense, while supporting Gaza with weapons is a crime and punishes its owner with prison. 5- Boycotting Russia economically is a humanitarian duty, while boycotting Israel is a crime and violates their legitimate right to self-defense. I hope we understand that the laws were made to apply to us only.
The American media is an accomplice in war crimes, and you will pay the price for your bias in the future. The disgusting morals of the white man
I mean the story is was them we are still not getting it what is going on so . I understand they are tiered but we need them to speak before they get to IDF you know what I mean.
Is** government would rather have all the hostages dead, than trade them with Pales** children held for years in west bank presions