It’s preposterous, of course. How do men armed to the teeth with weapons, holding captive hostages who have been starved, beaten, sexually molested, and exhausted from being forced to sleep on cold cement floors, “lose track” of these hostages? What does it mean to have “lost” a hostage who could not possibly have escaped from the underground network of tunnels full of Hamas terrorists, and then have managed to reach the surface and freedom? The real story is this: Hamas has slaughtered, over the past 460 days, more than two-thirds of the hostages. The Israeli government knows this, but has to act as if most of the hostages are still alive. More on how Hamas is preparing the world for the exposure of its homicide of the hostages can be found here: “‘Due to the Zionist aggression,’ most Israeli hostages in north Gaza missing, Hamas says,” by Sam Halpern, Jerusalem Post, January 10, 2025:
Hamas has lost track of the majority of the hostages held in captivity in northern Gaza due to Israel’s military activities in the area, a source in the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, told Qatari state-run media giant Al Jazeera on Friday.
“Most of the enemy’s prisoners in the northern Gaza Brigade are now missing due to the Zionist aggression,” the source told Al Jazeera.
Hamas has previously repeatedly stated that in order to compile a list of hostages it has been holding, it would need several days to at least a week, in order to locate them….
The Bidenites know that whatever the anti-Israel media proclaim, it is Hamas and not Israel that keeps trying to change the terms of the agreed-upon deal, hoping that the hostage families will pressure the Israeli government to accept its new terms, ever more unfavorable to the Jewish state. But so far, Netanyahu is holding firm.
So Hamas is preparing the Israelis, and the world, for the grim news. Not “almost all of them died” but, rather, we’ve “lost track” of so many of those hostages because of the IDF. How is that? Israeli soldiers, we are asked to believe, in coming close to the places where hostages were being held, were the ones responsible for the Hamas captors, suddenly fearful of being caught, letting those Israeli hostages loose, where all trace of them was then “lost.” We are asked to believe that the hostage-holders fled the area without taking their own best protection against the IDF — those hostages — along with them. How plausible is that? Or were the hostages able to free themselves after their captors fled from the soldiers of the IDF, and then were somehow “lost” in that network of tunnels? Did they untie themselves? Or perhaps they hadn’t been tied up, and once their captors had left, the just slipped into the darkness of the tunnel network, never to be seen again, like Judge Crater or, more recently, Charlie on the MTA?
InfidelLover says
It is not as preposterous as it seems. In truth, there are more than Hamas and PIJ in Gaza and they all seem to have a few hostages and Hamas have no idea where they are (which means Hamas is not much of a government, but instead it is a loose coalition of chaotic groups who roughly going the same direction).
gravenimage says
The hostages are Hamas main–really, *only*–negotiating point with Israel. I don’t buy that they have lost track of their victims.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I believe that the conditions before Hamas is that all the remaining hostages – dead or alive – have to be returned to the Israelis. Their bodies for the dead, and the living hostages. I think that w/ the entire Hamas leadership shattered, they can’t put together a plan to free the hostages. But best they could have done was lead the hostages above ground in Gaza, and let the Israelis take over. Then let the Israelis recover the bodies
Walter Sieruk says
One thing is for sure, which is that the horrible reality of the brutal cruelly abused of the Jewish hostages by the Muslims terrorists of Hamas is most horrendous evil and is reflection of the evil and malicious and vicious Islamic character of the jihadists of Hamas.
Such horrific treatment of those hostages is of no surprise when taking into account the demonic brutal cruel religion that Hamas has its foundation on, which of course is Islam, Surah 5:33. 9:123.
For there is absolutely no limits to the vile, heinous horrifically murderous wickedness that the jihadists of Hamas had committed and will continue to commit because of because of their demonic and malice-filled religion that is Islam.
rubiconcrest says
‘Lost track’ euphemism for killed but we’d rather not admit it.
The question is what price for those US and other citizens will Hamas and its supporters be expected to pay in compensation to the families?
When you, Hamas and their supporters Qatar, Iran etc..) take hostages or prisoners you become responsible for their safety and well being.
gravenimage says
Islam has never cared about the well being of their kidnap victims.
Magooey says
There was a report in 2023 that some of the hostages were sold to muslim warlords in Nigeria.
gravenimage says
Do you have a link to this report? Seems like the logistics could be difficult.
somehistory says
If any of the hostages are still alive, which is very doubtful, they are all likely too weak from the torture and abuse they have suffered to be able to “flee.”
Never trust a mozlum to tell the Truth, unless he is making threats about what he will do or wants to do…rape, murder, destroy, etc. hamas is lying once again. Knowing the “world” at large will believe them, they are preparing to say all of the rest of the hostages have been killed by the Israelis
Claiming they are “lost” is a delaying tactic..
Walter Sieruk says
Muslim terrorists jihad malicious murderous jihad violence of Hamas will continue because of the basic root ideology of Islamic terrorists is based on the theology of Islam’s “holy book” the Qur ‘an. For the Qu ‘ran instructs in the use of violence and killing for the advancement of Islam. As found in, for example, 2:191. 5:33. 9:5, 111.123. 47:4. Therefore Islam is a false, dangerous and deadly religion.
Greg says
Amateurs
gravenimage says
More likely just liars. Muslims are not “amateurs” at kidnapping and abusing Infidels. This tactic dates back to the days of the “Prophet” Muhammed.
somehistory says
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/breakthrough-hostage-agreement-will-see-hamas-release-33-prisoners/ar-BB1rlE1e?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=9027f68ad42744dd87b2df370949480f&ei=15
“Negotiations between Israeli officials and Hamas have reportedly reached a breakthrough, paving the way for a massive prisoner exchange and a fragile ceasefire that will lead to the release of 33 hostages.
According to emerging reports, Hamas has agreed to release them with Israel set to withdraw troops from parts of Gaza, facilitate humanitarian aid, and free thousands of Palestinian prisoners in return.”
gravenimage says
There are about 100 Israeli hostages still in Gaza, dead or alive. Hamas is only talking about releasing about a third of them, for which Israel will release thousands of Jihad terrorists.
The plotters of 10/7 included Jihadists that Israel had released to get kidnapped Israeli Gilad Shalit back.
Will we be reading about similar terror attacks done by Jihadists that Israel is releasing now? Probably…
jule says
Some Hostages were sold and resold for various reasons. Thats how they ‘lost’ them besides the deaths. My feelings are the a few were sold to MB in Egypt even
Alex Lund says
Israel has to go in and retrieve them.
How?
They should spray the entire area with non-lethal, but incapacitating poison gas (yes, it is more than harsh, but you dont want to see thousands of your own side killed. THEY have no moral restraint and will do whatever their “god” tells them to do. And to quote a movie: You dont fight a junkyard dog with ASPCA rules. You take your own, bigger, meaner dog and leave him off the leash.).
Then collect them and put them in security camps. One camp for men, one for women and one for children.
Clear out the entire area that way. And everybody gets interrogated and DNA tested.
And to protect against lieing: Inject botox or sleeping liquid into the willpower center of the brain and they cannot lie anymore.
David Fieldstone says
This is insanity on steroid. BIBI et al have snatched defeat from the hands of victory.
gravenimage says
I take your point–I am disgusted by this. But Israel has been under *enormous* pressure to surrender to Hamas demands–even Trump has been pushing Israel on this.
Jihadi Jew says
One reason Hamas probably doesn’t want to return the bodies are they show signs of severe torture. Hamas may be afraid of people like Trump seeing those remains.
MD Anthony says
Being afraid to show people the condition of the bodies should be the same fear of what will happen when they don’t produce the bodies., and it is.
Hamas is merely a subset of Islam the religion that glorifies martyrdom. They are doing everything they can to enlarge Muslim martyrdom and at the same time use their own deaths to hopefully enrage the world against Jews and/or Israel.
Israels relentless attempts to appease Islam with the deaths of Israelis and then little consequences to the murderers is what perpetuates the problem.
gravenimage says
Hamas Claims to Have ‘Lost Track’ of Many Israeli Hostages
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What *absoute crap*. Hamas either wants to hide evidence of having tortured hostages or wants to continue to torture and abuse them.
Why should Israel acknowldge Hamas as some sort of legitinate authority, when she will not even get her people–or even their bodies–back?
Russ Wivell says
Hopefully there is truth to Karma. GOD, are you there?