Three more Israeli hostages were released this week, despite calls from President Trump to release them all. Did Israel cave to Hamas, by not insisting on a full hostage release? In addition, IDF troops were sent south indicating that Israel would perhaps restart the war in Gaza. Is Israel headed for phase two of the ceasefire, or back into battle? These questions and all the latest news, on this week’s Israel Uncensored, with Josh Hasten.
Three more Israeli hostages – Or Levy, 34, Eli Sharabi, 52, and Ohad Ben Ami, 56, were released from Hamas captivity over the weekend. On today’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten says it was painful to see the three emaciated Jews come home, clearly starved by Hamas – modern day Nazis, after over 480 days in captivity. After seeing how the three were mistreated, Josh can’t wrap his head around the fact that all this time, Israel was providing Gaza, an enemy population, with humanitarian aid, which clearly wasn’t being distributed to our hostages.
After a one day delay for failing to uphold their end of the terrorist for Israeli hostage deal, Gazans this morning started heading north, as Israeli troops cleared a path via the Netzarim corridor. This Thursday, three more Israeli hostages will be freed including Arbel Yehud and Agam Berger, with another three to be released on Saturday. Israelis continue to celebrate for now as the hostages are freed, but in the back of the minds of many – the 1,900 Arab terrorists who have started to re-enter into society, both in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, and Jerusalem. This story, plus all the latest news from Israel on this week’s Israel Uncensored, with Josh Hasten.
On today’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten discusses Israel’s most recent hostage negotiations, to free the remaining 100 Israelis being held by the Hamas terrorist regime in Gaza. U.S. President Elect Donald Trump has once again sent a warning that there will be “hell to pay” if Hamas doesn’t release the hostages by his January 20 inauguration. Josh says he is optimistic about the incoming U.S. administration, but at the same time, Israel must first and foremost implement the necessary policies which ensure its safety and well-being.
Three Israelis were murdered, and seven others were wounded on Monday morning, as Arab terrorists opened fire on Israeli vehicles in the Arab village of Al Funduk, just outside of Kedumim in Samaria. IDF forces were in pursuit of the terrorists. At the same time, terrorists have gone back to launching rockets at Sderot and other communities near the border with Gaza. On this week’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten says Israel will have to continue to play “whack-a-mole” as the remaining Hamas members continue popping their heads up in different areas, throughout Gaza.
The Iranian-backed Yemen-based Houthi terrorist organization continues to fire ballistic missiles at the State of Israel. The attacks have generally come in the middle of the night, waking up millions of Israelis and forcing them to run to the shelters. On this week’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten reports that some Israeli security officials are saying that Israel should strike Iran, the head of the octopus, in order to quell the Houthi threat. This story, plus all the latest news from Israel’s seven-front war.
The United States government has dropped its $10 million terrorism bounty on new Syrian leader Abu Mohammad al-Julani, within days of his takeover of the country. On this week’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten is flabbergasted that the Biden Administration would make the move before al-Julani has shown whether or not he will continue his terrorist ways. While the dismantling of the Assad regime is a positive, there is a reason Israeli troops are stationed on the Syrian Golan – namely to thwart any attacks from Syria, should Al-Julani and friends decide to turn their attention towards the Jewish State.
Leaders from the communities in Judea and Samaira penned a letter to the security cabinet calling on the government to take a Gaza-like approach to the terrorist threat emanating from areas under P.A. control. This comes as Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the IDF to bolster security for the communities and roads in Judea and Samaria, as extremist terrorist groups inspired by the fall of the Assad regime, may decide to strike against Jewish targets within the country. This story and all the latest news from Israel on this week’s Israel Uncensored, with Josh Hasten.
Former Defense Minister and IDF Chief of Staff Moshe “Boogie” Ya’alon threw Israel under the bus over the weekend, accusing the Jewish State of carrying out “ethnic cleansing” against the Arabs population in Gaza. His despicable comments have already been used by Israel-haters and Anti-semites around the world in the PR battle against Israel. On this week’s Israel Uncensored, Josh Hasten says that Ya’alon’s hatred of the current government led by Prime Minister Netanyahu, is so strong, he was willing to give a victory to those seeking Israel’s demise.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant this week. This is the first time the court has ever targeted leaders from a democratic country. PM Netanyahu responded saying: “The antisemitic decision of the international court in The Hague is a modern Dreyfus trial, and it will end the same way. It is falsely accusing me, the democratically elected prime minister of the State of Israel and Israel’s former defense minister Yoav Gallant, of deliberately targeting civilians, this when we do everything in our power to avoid civilian casualties.” Netanyahu and Gallant might have to avoid visiting certain countries in Europe and Canada as a result of the decision. It is believed that once President Trump is in office, he will target the ICC for their unjust and illegitimate ruling. This story and much more news from Israel, on this week’s Israel Uncensored, with Josh Hasten.