Michael Waltz: “Hamas tried to make [Aaliyah] record one of their propaganda videos, saying all was well.”

“That the night before you were released after 505 days in captivity, chained, starved, tortured, believing that the love of his life, Ziv, had been murdered because that's the psychological torture that the terrorists impose on people. The night before, Hamas tried to make [Aaliyah] record one of their propaganda videos, saying all was well. He had been treated magnificently, that it was all fine. He refused. He held firm. He said no. And the next day, as they were finally handing him over, Hamas tried to turn his release again into a propaganda moment.” (01:17–01:26)

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