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Hamas reportedly holding public executions in Gaza · INSIGHT TODAY

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  Speaker 1: Seven deceieved hostages have been released from hamas custody and
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  Speaker 1: have been identified, but the bodies of twenty one people,
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  Speaker 1: including two American citizens, are still in Hama's hands, and
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  Speaker 1: President Trump is demanding the terror group release them in
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  Speaker 1: permanently disarm. The President writing on truth Social all twenty
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  Speaker 1: hostages are back and feeling as good as can be expected.
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  Speaker 1: A big burden has been lifted, but the job is
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  Speaker 1: not done. The dead have not been returned as promised.
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  Speaker 1: Phase two begins right now. Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conor Gus
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  Speaker 1: is a former IDF spokesperson and now a senior Fellow
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  Speaker 1: at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, and he
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  Speaker 1: joins me now, Lieutenant Colonel, thank you so much for
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  Speaker 1: being here. We understand that year standing in front of
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  Speaker 1: Kabutz Neir Oz, which is the site of such devastation
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  Speaker 1: and destruction at the hands of Hamas on October seventh,
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  Speaker 1: and because Hamas has not released all of the bodies yet,
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  Speaker 1: yesterday Israel reduced the amount of aid flowing into Gaza
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  Speaker 1: and decided not to reopen the Rafa border crossing. So
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  Speaker 1: with that mind, do you believe that the ceasefire will hold, Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, and thank you for having me on. Just
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  Speaker 2: following on on the previous item. As an Israeli civilian,
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  Speaker 2: I would strongly endorse that effort by Speaker Johnson on
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  Speaker 2: behalf of millions of Israelis ordinary people. They definitely believe
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  Speaker 2: that President Trump should be rewarded at that price and
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  Speaker 2: many others, because what we enjoyed two days ago was
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  Speaker 2: getting our brothers and sisters back. That was a tremendous achievement,
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  Speaker 2: and we're now in a ceasefire that would not have
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  Speaker 2: happened without President Trump and his team. We understand that,
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  Speaker 2: we recognize it, and I hope that the truth and
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  Speaker 2: justice will be served and President Trump will be awarded that.
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  Speaker 2: Now to the situation on the ground, I think we
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  Speaker 2: are at the first test of how strong the metal
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  Speaker 2: is in terms of Israel and the US and CAMAS
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  Speaker 2: is testing the waters here. They're trying to not to
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  Speaker 2: release all the bodies of the hostages. Israel so far
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  Speaker 2: has responded very softly, and Israel threatened not to open RAPHA,
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  Speaker 2: but actually the latest news that Israel is going to
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  Speaker 2: open Rafa Gate, I think that's under American guidance and
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  Speaker 2: pressure because I don't think that Israel wants to really
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  Speaker 2: disrupt the ceasefire quite yet. What Ramas is doing is
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  Speaker 2: playing for time. And I think that President Trump's tweet
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  Speaker 2: saying that you know, I'm not going to tolerate any
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  Speaker 2: games is exactly the type of leadership that is needed,
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  Speaker 2: because if Ramas, if they're given an inch, they will
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  Speaker 2: take the whole yard, and they will drag out this stage,
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  Speaker 2: and they will try to make an inevitable situation where
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  Speaker 2: they are the facto rulers on the ground, and that
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  Speaker 2: cannot be allowed to happen. If we want peace, and
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  Speaker 2: if we want something positive here for the future, then
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  Speaker 2: Ramas needs to be disarmed and control over the Gaza
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  Speaker 2: strip needs to be taken out of the hands of Ramas,
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  Speaker 2: by the way, for the better interest of Palestinians as well.
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  Speaker 1: And on that front, the Times of Israel is reporting
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  Speaker 1: that since the ceasefire took effect, Hamas gunmen have actually
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  Speaker 1: tightened their grip over Gaza and have killed at least
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  Speaker 1: thirty three Palestinians who are accused of working collaborating with Israel.
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  Speaker 1: And some of these videos that have been released, these
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  Speaker 1: are public executions that we're talking about This doesn't appear
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  Speaker 1: to be the behavior of a group of people who
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  Speaker 1: are planning to relinquish power and authority over the strip.
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  Speaker 2: You are one hundred percent correct, and what Kramas is
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  Speaker 2: doing is settling scores. It isn't against people that have
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  Speaker 2: cooperated with Israel. It's against various critiques in Gaza. It's
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  Speaker 2: against people who are trying to rise up against Ramas's oppression.
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  Speaker 2: These are Palestinian Muslims. He has nothing Jewish here and
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  Speaker 2: no Mozart agent are being executed, just ordinary Palestinians from
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  Speaker 2: rival factions and rival clans, and Kramas is doing what
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  Speaker 2: they do best. They are thugs and they're executing people
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  Speaker 2: in town squares in broad daylight, in typical Hamas fashion. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if you've seen it on other news networks.
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  Speaker 2: I have not seen this major, this reported in any
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  Speaker 2: significant way across most of mainstream media. And I wonder
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  Speaker 2: why isn't it news when thirty five and more Palestinians
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  Speaker 2: are executed in cold blood? Or is it not news
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  Speaker 2: because it's not Israel's doing. But the fact is that
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  Speaker 2: Hamas is not looking like an organization that is ready
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  Speaker 2: to disarm as they have committed to to President Trump,
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  Speaker 2: and they're not looking as if they're going to hand
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  Speaker 2: over peacefully the control over the Gaza Strip. That spells
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  Speaker 2: trouble for the continuation of this deal. I hope that Kata, Egypt,
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  Speaker 2: and Turkey, the main three sponsors of Hamas, will be
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  Speaker 2: told the by whoever needs to tell them, that the
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  Speaker 2: time for games and the time for this type of
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  Speaker 2: behavior is long gone. Hamas has lost and they must concede.
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  Speaker 2: I hope that will happen for the interest of everyone.
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  Speaker 1: Well in the short time. We have remaining a big
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  Speaker 1: question for you, because these Hamas terror tunnels are another
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  Speaker 1: major issue, and the eradication of them is part of
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  Speaker 1: the twenty point plan. Logistically, though, Lieutenant Colonel, how do
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  Speaker 1: you do that?
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  Speaker 2: It'll take a long time, lots of effort, lots of explosives,
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  Speaker 2: and lots of soldiers that do it. This is not
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  Speaker 2: something that is going to be done in a short time.
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  Speaker 2: Imagine if a contractor was given the assignment of demolishing
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  Speaker 2: the New York City metro or subway system. That's the
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  Speaker 2: scope of what we're talking about here. These are hundreds
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  Speaker 2: of miles of tunnels and it's going to take time.
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  Speaker 2: I hope that it will be done in the most
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  Speaker 2: peaceful and benign way without involving any other casualties, but
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  Speaker 2: I fear that it will include fighting. If HAMAS is disarmed,
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  Speaker 2: it can be done in a peaceful way. If not,
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  Speaker 2: then it'll have to be done in a different way,
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  Speaker 2: which I hope that we can prevent.
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  Speaker 1: Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan conorchus, we appreciate your time this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much for joining us.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you very much, and good morning.
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  Speaker 1: You're very welcome.
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