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John Fetterman: “Hamas were just rapists and they were terrorizing and…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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Sen. John Fetterman on Democratic Divides, DSA & Israel | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Published | Video Starts at 52:05

Is that in their self defense? No, what I'm saying, it's like people forget that, that Hamas were just rapists and they were terrorizing and killing civilians and then they stole five. No, how many? 250 people from their families and they kept them underground and brutalized them and, and raped them and starved them for over two years. And that's why they refused to give them back. And that's what forced Israel to engage in that Gaza war when they refused to send their people. (52:05–52:23)

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Claims Hamas kidnapped 250 people, brutalized, raped, and starved them for over two years.

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