Auburn Tigers men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl took to social media on Sunday to send a fiery message in response to a video apparently showing Hamas terrorists handing over three Israeli hostages to the Red Cross.
Video showed hostages being moved from one vehicle to another amid a large group of gun-toting Hamas militants shouting "Allahu Akbar." The gunman then stood on the roof of the car.
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Pearl didn't look happy.
“This is what giving autonomy to the Palestinians looks like. Does it look like they want peace?” he wrote on the Then scream genocide. Release the hostages now and live in peace or leave town."
Pearl does not shy away from supporting Israel. He is one of the most outspoken sports figures on the issue.
Israel's cabinet approved a ceasefire in Gaza early Saturday morning that includes the release of dozens of hostages and a pause in the war with Hamas, which follows the terror group's attack on the Jewish state on October 7, 2023. started.
On January 19, the day Emily was released as part of a hostage-prisoner deal between Hamas and Israel, former hostage British-Israeli Emily Damari and her mother Mandy ) held a video call with Emily's brother, Tom Damari, and other loved ones. , 2025.
Bittersweet return of first hostages to Israel after 471 days in captivity
The deal would allow the release of 33 hostages over the next six weeks in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The remaining hostages will be released in the second phase, while negotiations will take place in the first phase.
Hamas agreed to release three hostages on the first day of the deal, four on the seventh, and the remaining 26 over the next five weeks.
Hamas says it will not release the remaining hostages without a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal.
A terrorist from Hamas participates in the military parade. (Reuters/Ibrahim Abu Mustafa/File)
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On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, resulting in the death of about 1,200 people and the kidnapping of about 250 people, triggering military retaliation by the Israeli army, and the 15-month war in Gaza began. Nearly 100 hostages are still being held in Gaza.
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