The imminent return of hostages from Gaza under the terms of the Trump Administration’s recently brokered hostage release agreement marks a pivotal moment in a brutal, years-long conflict that Hamas reignited catastrophically on October 7, 2023. That day, Hamas and its supporters—financed by Qatar and armed by Iran—launched what became a coordinated multi-front war against Israel, on Jewish communities worldwide, and more broadly against traditional Western values.

While relief accompanies the news of the hopeful release of living hostages—and the bodies of those viciously murdered and snatched by Hamas—the truth remains both stark and discomforting. Hamas’s history of deception, non-compliance, brutality, and outright evil, compounded by the complicity of many Western governments, means

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