Hamas did not miscalculate; it anticipated the international community's eventual moral collapse, one rooted in the perception that Israel is somehow responsible for the war and the fate of the hostages. Philadelphi is just another concession it knows it can secure.

It only took 11 months.

Humanity should never forgive those that have sought to rationalize and justify the use of human shields by Palestinian terrorists.

There has literally existed an agreement for years between Jews and Muslim concerning use of the mosque for dual prayer — Muslims get the place exclusively for a short period of time. I mean, it’s incredible that people like this get invited to BBC News (World) as commentators.

If Hamas had never entered Israel to rape, pillage, and slaughter, Hersh and all the remaining 101 hostages would be home.

While your family was cheering on Hitler's conquest of France and advance against the Soviet Union, my family was being liquidated in a concentration camp. Germany chose to set itself on fire by drowning the continent in war and genocide, don't expect an ounce of empathy.

Those who can't morally distinguish between Hitler and Churchill are the same ones who struggle to tell Zelensky from Putin or Netanyahu from Sinwar. It isn't novel intellectualism; but stupidity of the highest order.

The West will come to regret everything it is sacrificing for the purpose of legitimizing contemporary antisemitism.

Then Gaza is the first genocide in history where the alleged perpetrator: - Maximizes efforts to distinguish between combatants and civilians. - Risks its own soldiers' lives to protect the enemy's civilian population. - Provides food and medicine to the enemy's civilian

Hi human rights activists, This is the entrance to the tunnel where Hamas slaughtered six Israeli hostages before the IDF could reach them — among them, an American citizen. Yes, here, under a children’s play yard. Do you have any comment on the matter?

Heartbreaking to hear that the White House is contemplating bypassing Israel to directly negotiate for the release of any Americans held hostage by Hamas, with Hamas. The threat of doing so is not only demoralizing to a country that’s been engulfed in an 11-month war it did not

A few hours ago, an Austrian man attempted to commit a shooting attack on the Israeli consulate in Munich. No Israelis in the consulate where injured or killed. Why? Because they were out commemorating the 52nd anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympic Massacre.

Antisemitism thrives where intelligence is lacking.

If you can’t stand in silent respect for the 101 hostages still in Gaza and the six brutally executed after 11 months in captivity, you expose your dehumanization of Jews. I bet every Jew who stood would have done the same for the innocent Palestinians who have died in Gaza.

This, by the way, is something Netanyahu warned about months ago. Holding Philadelphi is not just about making sure Hamas doesn’t rearm itself over the next few years, but also keeping the hostages closer to Israel.

Remind me, Mairav, which ceasefire proposal has Hamas agreed to?

No, they are not. They are purposefully distorting the definitions of international law with the purpose of advocating for Iranian-sponsored terror groups responsible for the largest slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust. This statement, by Tim Walz, is beyond repugnant.

Imagine 9/11 didn’t end when the planes hit their targets. Imagine hundreds more were taken from their homes as hostages, forced to endure 11 months of unimaginable captivity, executed, and then their final moments were sent to their families days after burial. As Americans,

1.5 million Armenians would ask Erdogan to sit down and not invoke the notion of crimes against humanity.

I didn't see you take an interest in American lives a few days ago when Hamas executed Hersch Goldberg-Polin after 11 months of brutal captivity.