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Jon Tester: “Hamas has taken hostages and killed over 1500 people.”

Featuring: Jon Tester, Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Montana

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Published | Video Starts at 20:18

And the truth is, what Hamas did on October 7 is reprehensible and unacceptable. And when the israeli people decide to respond to that, because Hamas has taken hostages and killed over 1500 people. it ends up being war. Tim Sheehi knows about war. Fact is, it's never pretty, it's never cosmetically clean. But the fact is that we cannot turn our back on Israel. (20:18–20:23)

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