Auburn Tigers men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl sent a fiery message on social media Sunday in response to a video that apparently showed Hamas terrorists handing over three Israeli hostages to the Red Cross.
The video showed the hostages moving from vehicle to vehicle among a large crowd of armed Hamas militants and chanting “Allah Akbar.” The gunmen then climbed onto the roof of the vehicle.
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Pearl didn’t seem happy.
“This is what giving autonomy to the Palestinians looks like. Does it look like they want peace?” he wrote in .
Pearl is not one to shy away from her support for Israel. He has been among the most outspoken sports figures on the subject.
Israel’s Cabinet approved an agreement early Saturday for a ceasefire in Gaza that would include the release of dozens of hostages and pause the war with Hamas that began after the terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on the Jewish state. .
Former British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari and her mother, Mandy, hold a video call with Emily’s brother Tom Damari and other loved ones on the day Emily was freed from captivity in a hostage-prisoner deal between Hamas and Israel on January 19. , 2025.
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The deal would see 33 hostages released over the next six weeks in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. The remaining hostages will be released in a second phase that will be negotiated during the first.
Hamas agreed to release three female hostages on the first day of the agreement, four on the seventh day and the remaining 26 over the next five weeks.
Hamas has said it will not release the remaining hostages without a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal.
A Hamas terrorist participates in a military parade. (Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File)
The 15-month war in Gaza began when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, in which approximately 1,200 people were killed and about 250 more were kidnapped, prompting military retaliation by Israeli forces. Nearly 100 hostages remain captive in Gaza.
