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John Fetterman: “Human beings held underground for over two years and…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 00:39

What is your reaction to this peace plan and these expectations that the hostages will, will begin to come home tomorrow? Absolute elation. I mean, how can we all celebrate this thing? I mean, you've had Human beings held underground for over two years and tortured and beaten and starved. forced to dig their own graves and things. Now they can finally come back home. And now everyone, everyone should be celebrating these things. And clearly the Palestinians are, and people in Israel are, too. (00:39–00:46)

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Asserts that hostages were held and mistreated for over two years.

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