Emaciated hostages show we need a ‘bomb the rails to Auschwitz’ plan
It’s 2025, and the world just witnessed the mini-liberation of a concentration camp.
Three Israeli hostages were freed in exchange for almost 200 Palestinian criminals sitting in Israeli jails. The images of those who escaped Gaza are chilling beyond words.
The three hostages emerged emaciated, with sunken eyes and sallow skin. They required assistance walking and could be seen dragged from one location to another by the masked Hamas terrorists flanking them on either side.
Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy were civilians on Oct. 7 and were taken by Hamas during its attacks on Kibbutz Beeri and the Nova Festival. The brutality they experienced was beyond words.
Sharabi left behind his wife and daughters hiding in their family’s bomb shelter; they would be found inside, clutching each other in death.
Levy had arrived at the Nova Music Festival just minutes before the attack began with his wife, Einav. They hid in a roadside bomb shelter as Hamas terrorists threw munitions inside. One brave party-goer, Aner Shapira, stood at the entrance and caught seven and threw them back before the eighth detonated and killed him.
Throughout their almost 500-day captivity inside the dark and dank tunnels under Gaza, Sharabi and Levy were unaware of the deaths of their loved ones.
During a ceremony that Hamas held before handing over the hostages to the International Red Cross, Sharabi spoke into the microphone and shared that he was looking forward to his reunion with his wife and children, unaware that they had been murdered 16 months ago.
Following the release, Israeli society was shaken. Despite the dire conditions relayed by released hostages, the emaciated appearance of these three men drove home just how serious the situation is for the dozens of remaining live hostages.
Even President Trump saw the Holocaust parallels. On Air Force One on Sunday night, he said, “I watched the hostages come back. And they looked like Holocaust survivors, they were in horrible condition. They were emaciated … I don’t know how much longer we can take that.”
The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin recorded a video and addressed Trump and his negotiator, Steve Witkoff, applauding their efforts.
Jon Polin said, “You have shown you are the only ones who are able to get this situation moving, moving forward.” He pleaded, “Now that you’ve done the hard part of getting movement and getting a deal started, let’s not think about a phase one and phase two and phase three, in many months. Let’s think bigger and faster. All 76 hostages out this week, end of war.”
One of the most controversial decisions that has been reflected upon since the end of World War II was the decision made by the Americans and the Allies not to bomb the tracks leading into Auschwitz. Those against the move argued that military assets would be better used elsewhere, that prisoners could be harmed, and the Germans would use the bombing against the Allies in their propaganda.
The Jewish community begged President Franklin Roosevelt to do anything in his power to save those inside the camps.
It’s 2025, and the world just witnessed the mini-liberation of a concentration camp.
Three Israeli hostages were freed in exchange for almost 200 Palestinian criminals sitting in Israeli jails. The images of those who escaped Gaza are chilling beyond words.
The three hostages emerged emaciated, with sunken eyes and sallow skin. They required assistance walking and could be seen dragged from one location to another by the masked Hamas terrorists flanking them on either side.
Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami and Or Levy were civilians on Oct. 7 and were taken by Hamas during its attacks on Kibbutz Beeri and the Nova Festival. The brutality they experienced was beyond words.
Sharabi left behind his wife and daughters hiding in their family’s bomb shelter; they would be found inside, clutching each other in death.
Levy had arrived at the Nova Music Festival just minutes before the attack began with his wife, Einav. They hid in a roadside bomb shelter as Hamas terrorists threw munitions inside. One brave party-goer, Aner Shapira, stood at the entrance and caught seven and threw them back before the eighth detonated and killed him.
Throughout their almost 500-day captivity inside the dark and dank tunnels under Gaza, Sharabi and Levy were unaware of the deaths of their loved ones.
During a ceremony that Hamas held before handing over the hostages to the International Red Cross, Sharabi spoke into the microphone and shared that he was looking forward to his reunion with his wife and children, unaware that they had been murdered 16 months ago.
Following the release, Israeli society was shaken. Despite the dire conditions relayed by released hostages, the emaciated appearance of these three men drove home just how serious the situation is for the dozens of remaining live hostages.
Even President Trump saw the Holocaust parallels. On Air Force One on Sunday night, he said, “I watched the hostages come back. And they looked like Holocaust survivors, they were in horrible condition. They were emaciated … I don’t know how much longer we can take that.”
The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin recorded a video and addressed Trump and his negotiator, Steve Witkoff, applauding their efforts.
Jon Polin said, “You have shown you are the only ones who are able to get this situation moving, moving forward.” He pleaded, “Now that you’ve done the hard part of getting movement and getting a deal started, let’s not think about a phase one and phase two and phase three, in many months. Let’s think bigger and faster. All 76 hostages out this week, end of war.”
One of the most controversial decisions that has been reflected upon since the end of World War II was the decision made by the Americans and the Allies not to bomb the tracks leading into Auschwitz. Those against the move argued that military assets would be better used elsewhere, that prisoners could be harmed, and the Germans would use the bombing against the Allies in their propaganda.
The Jewish community begged President Franklin Roosevelt to do anything in his power to save those inside the camps.
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