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🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Hostage Release Operation
- The Red Cross is facilitating the transfer of hostages held underground in Gaza for over two years.
- The first seven hostages have been handed over, with the full release expected by noon (Israel time).
- In exchange, Israel is releasing about 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, including:
  - 250 serving long sentences,
  - 1,700 detained during the conflict, and
  - The remains of 28 deceased hostages.
Emotional and Symbolic Scenes in Israel
- Large crowds have gathered in Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, watching and waiting as news unfolds.
- Reporters describe waves of emotion — joy, grief, and unity — as Israelis of all backgrounds come together.
- A clock marking the days of captivity symbolizes national trauma and hope for closure.
Political and Diplomatic Acknowledgments
- Benjamin Netanyahu is quoted praising President Trump, Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff for their diplomatic efforts.
- Trump’s involvement is portrayed as crucial to achieving the deal, with comparisons implying that the Biden administration failed to achieve similar results.
- Kushner emphasizes the bravery of Israeli soldiers and the strategic military actions that pressured Hamas into negotiation.
Global Reaction
- The transcript includes praise from Hillary Clinton, who commends Trump’s administration and Arab leaders for working toward a 20-point peace plan.
- Clinton frames it as a first step toward ceasefire and reconstruction of Gaza, emphasizing long-term peace and security.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:04.0	What I told people, I was making a podcast about Benghazi.
0:08.5	Nine times out of ten, they called me a masochist, rolled their eyes, or just asked, why?
0:15.1	Benghazi, the truth became a web of lies.
0:18.5	From prologue projects and Pushkin Industries, this is Fiasco, Benghazi.
0:23.9	What difference at this point does it make?
0:27.4	Listen to Fiasco, Benghazi, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:35.3	Welcome, it is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz, Ben Ferguson. With you. It is right now 107 a.m. Eastern
0:41.6	Standard Time. That means it is 8.06 a.m. right now in Tel Aviv and Israel. And the hostages that are being held in Gaza are set to be released. We are hoping that's going to happen at any moment, and very
0:55.9	well could happen as we are taping this in the wee hours of the morning. Senator, I want to get your
1:00.9	reaction just to this, and what all we're going to be talking about today? Well, it is an historic
1:06.8	day, although I will have to note, Ben, I am impressed that somehow Jerusalem has managed to go back in time, that it is 107 a.m. in the East Coast of America, but it is only 806 a.m. in Jerusalem, so they're somehow a minute ahead of us. That, that, uh, look, look, the Holy Land, it, it, it, it, I, I think that's appropriate. So, so, so, so, so I, I appreciate So I appreciate like a fine Swiss watch.
1:31.4	You have an acute appreciation for the passage of time.
1:35.0	I'm just looking at the screens here.
1:37.4	I got you.
1:39.6	Look, peace in the Middle East is a big damn deal.
1:43.6	Now, as we're sitting here right now, we're holding our
1:46.7	breaths because the peace deal has been announced. If this follows through, if Hamas releases the
1:55.0	hostages, it will be historic. At the moment, we don't know if they're going to follow through. They've said they're going to
2:02.2	follow through. Yeah. But Hamas is not exactly the most trustworthy of dealmakers. They've broken
2:10.2	deals over and over and over again. terrorists have a bad habit of doing that. So we are waiting,
2:16.0	we are hoping, we are praying. What's interesting about this podcast
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