It’s been 1 year, 10 months or a total of 670 days since the October 7 massacre. Hamas continues to hold 50 Jews hostage, and refuses to agree to free those prisoners.

Over the weekend, Hamas released videos of Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski, two Jewish men in their early 20s who were abducted during the massacre and are being held in Gaza’s prison tunnels.

As an obviously well-fed Hamas prison guard filmed, an extremely emaciated Evyatar explained he was being forced to dig his own grave. The images of Evyatar and Rom rival any photograph of Holocaust victims, revealing men who have been starved to the brink of survival as punishment for simply being Jews.

Gaza was supposed to be a place of peace. Or at least that’s what Israeli governmental officials were led to believe when they traded Gaza to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for “peace” in 2005.

Between August 15, 2005, and September 12, 2005, Israel fully withdrew from Gaza, removing all Israeli military and forcibly evicting all Israeli Jews from the Gaza Strip. The land, which had been turned from desert into a virtual oasis of greenhouses and flourishing farms, was turned over to the Palestinian Authority (PA).

Instead of using Gaza to enjoy prosperity and peace, the Palestinians destroyed the greenhouses and farms, and instead focused their effort on building tunnels and terror networks to wreak horror upon Israeli Jews.

Returning Gaza, which has effectively operated as a Palestinian state, to Israel is the surest way to effect peace in the Middle East.

Please join me now in demanding Congress support Israel’s move to return Gaza to prosperity and establish peace in Israel.

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SOURCES:

Chance, Matthew. “Outrage in Israel as Hostage ‘Horror’ Videos Emerge at Decision Time for Netanyahu’s Government.” CNN, August 4, 2025. CNN.com/2025/08/04/middleeast/israel-hostage-videos-hamas-netanyahu-analysis-latam-intl.

“Hamas Starving Hostages ‘like the Nazis Starved the Jews,’ Netanyahu Says.” JNS, August 4, 2025. JNS.org/hamas-starving-hostages-like-the-nazis-starved-the-jews-netanyahu-says/.

‌”Senior officials close to Netanyahu: ‘The die has fallen, we are going for a full occupation. If it doesn't suit the chief of staff, he should resign.’" YNet, August 4, 2025. YNet.co.il/news/article/hj6b080weg.

"Why Is Europe Rewarding Hamas Terror with a Palestinian State? - editorial.” The Jerusalem Post. July 31, 2025. JPost.com/opinion/article-862771.