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Many reporters and news organizations that unquestionably publish Hamas-fabricated lies and manipulate statistics provided little coverage of the Gaza unrest. Amjad Taha, an author and analyst from the UAE, called out Al-Jazeera and Britain’s BBC for failing to air footage 14 hours after the protests began: “They refused because it shows Gazans furious at Hamas terrorists using their hospitals as shields, chanting loud and clear: ‘Hamas are terrorists.’”
Major American news channels often rely on the AP and Reuters to provide content from Gaza. The same Gaza journalists who entered Israel with Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 to document the massacres and recorded footage at the grotesque hostage release ceremonies were suddenly absent from the protests against Hamas. Some media giants focused on anti-Israel stories instead.
New Hostage Testimonies: ‘You will get a new wife and kids’
April 7 will mark 18 months in captivity for the remaining 59 hostages – 24 presumed to be living, including one American. This group includes Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal who are being chained, starved and kept in complete darkness. Other hostages continue to suffer from physical and psychological torture.
Mexican-Israeli Ilana Gritzewsky recently told The NY Times that she was sexually assaulted by Hamas terrorists. Ilana described being groped and passing out while being driven into Gaza. She awoke with seven terrorists standing over her naked body. Media organization Fuente Latina will be releasing a 10/7 documentary on Latino-Israeli voices – the largest immigrant group targeted by Hamas.
The CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes aired interviews with recently released hostages, including Yarden Bibas. His wife and their two young red-headed children were “were murdered in cold blood – bare hands.” Yarden’s Hamas captors told him: “‘Oh, it doesn’t matter. You get a new wife, new kids. Better wife, better kids.’ They said that many times.”
Tal Shoham was held captive with Guy Gilboa-Dalal – still in a Hamas dungeon. Guy cried for five straight days after being captured. The hostages were given very small amounts of pita, rice and water: “Sometimes the water tastes like blood, sometimes like iron. Sometimes it was so salty that you could not drink it, but you don’t have anything else.” Some hostages discussed committing suicide.
Released hostages have become vocal advocates for securing the release of the remaining hostages. Ilana Gritzewsky: “If I am out, it’s a sign that G-d wanted me to raise my voice to help those who are alive gain their freedom and bring back the dead for a proper burial.”
Fact Checking: 60 Minutes Promotes False Hamas Narrative
While the overall 60 Minutes segment was a powerful indictment of Hamas cruelty, journalist Lesley Stahl reported that an estimated 50,000 Palestinians died in the Gaza war – without attributing the casualty number to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. The CBS news magazine is hardly alone. Many journalists regularly repeat the false Hamas narrative. Researchers analyzed recently published Hamas fatality data that calls into question many of the conclusions echoed in the news and on social media also do not delineate between Hamas terrorists and civilians.
The CBS reporter asked American-Israeli former hostage Keith Siegel to describe how little food the captives were given. Eli Sharabi lost 40% of his body weight. Stahl asked: “Were they giving you less food, or did they just not have enough to give?” Siegel responded that the kidnappers had no shortage of food – eating in front of them at the same time.
Tal Shoham recalled that the terrorists told them that they calculated the minimum amount of food that the hostages would need to survive for years. He was told: “You won’t die, but you will have the worst time.” Stahl blamed the ceasefire collapse on Israel without citing Hamas violations, including when Hamas released the wrong body of Shiri Bibas.
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