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Michael Waltz: “A year ago, 48 hostages underground, including two Americans held in those Hamas terror tunnels.”

Featuring: Michael Waltz, Republican | U.S. House, Florida, District 6

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To see him playing on that deck was just an absolute beautiful symbol of freedom. And it struck me then, like how much had changed in just a year, A year ago, 48 hostages underground, including two Americans held in those Hamas terror tunnels. Their families were still waiting, calling us, begging for something to change. They were Fighting every day. And now today, for the first October 7th commemoration since that terrible morning, every hostage out, the living are back with their families. (06:53–07:03)

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Asserts that a year ago, 48 hostages, including two Americans, were held by Hamas.

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