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Biden admits he doesn’t even know if American hostages held by Hamas are alive, or when they’ll be released

November 25, 2023 | | Print Article

On a day when the Hamas terror organization released the first group of hostages taken during its sneak attack on Israel, President Joe Biden said that he doesn’t know when American captives will be freed or if they’re even still alive.

The Democrat leader took a break from his traditional Thanksgiving weekend vacation on swanky Nantucket Island off the Massachusetts coast to address the press following the release of 24 hostages on Friday – with no Americans being among them – in a swap with Hamas that included 39 Palestinian prisoners who were let out of Israeli jails.

“Yesterday, families all across America gathered together with their loved ones to give thanks,” he said. “Today we can also be thankful of families being recruited and reunited with loved ones who have been held hostage for nearly 50 days.”

Biden also patted himself on the back for the four-day ceasefire in Gaza, a pause in fighting that much of his rabidly anti-Israel base has been clamoring for, and finally their weekslong temper tantrum paid off.

“Beginning this morning, under a deal reached by extensive U.S. diplomacy, including numerous calls I’ve made from the Oval Office to leaders across the region, fighting in Gaza will halt for four days,” he said.

“As I said, today’s release are the start of a process. We expect more hostages to be released tomorrow and more the day after and more the day after that. Over the next few days, we expect that dozens of hostages will be returned to their families,” Biden added.

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Asked by a reporter when the Americans who were abducted by the murderous savages would also be released, the president had no answer.

“Mr. President, when will the first American hostages be released, since none were included today?” asked the reporter.

Biden responded, “We don’t know when that will occur, but we’re going to be— expect it to occur. And we don’t know what the list of all the hostages are and when they’ll be released, but we know the numbers that are going to be released. So, it is my hope and expectation it will be soon.”

The reporter pressed, “And of the 10 Americans that are unaccounted for, do you know all of their conditions? Are they all alive?”

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“We don’t know all their conditions,” Biden replied, suggesting that it is a mystery as to whether or not they are still alive.

After wrapping up, Biden got back to priorities and went shopping.

During the short presser, Biden also seemed to suggest that the Islamist savages attacked in order to thwart his efforts to bring peace to the Middle East.

“I’m hearing a lot, but I’m not going to speak to it right now. There’s an overwhelming desire on the part of the region to — let me back up. I’m — I cannot prove what I’m about to say, but I believe one of the reasons why Hamas struck when they did was they knew that I was working very closely with the Saudis and others in the region to bring peace to the region by having recognition of Israel and Israel’s right to exist,” he said.

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