Hey everyone, welcome over to the Speak the Truth podcast.

I am your host, Retired Greenberry, Matt Tardio.

Why does Benjamin Netnahu want to go in the Gaza Strip,

southernmost city of Rafa?

What is the big deal with it and why is he not going to

budge? She straight told Anthony Blaken that he's going to go into Rafa with or without

US support. So why is he so hell bent on going in there?

Well, it's very simple.

There's still three Hamas battalions estimated to be in Raffa and they are

currently taunting Netanyahu putting out statements,

making it known that while he's not going in and the IDF is not going in that they are

building their defenses on the ground. Additionally there is still over 100 hostages that haven't been recovered yet

inside the Gaza Strip.

Those hostages were taken on October 7th,

and they've been in Hamasah's custody

for almost six months.

Now, some of those hostages are actually U.S. citizens.

They're dual citizens between Israel and the United States.

Some of them were serving in the IDF,

but they're still American citizens.

One of them is an elderly man.

He's over 60 years old. His wife was actually taken hostage with him out of one of the kibutzes on October 7th.

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