I thought it was remarkable. I saw a video last night of one of the released hostages who made the point that As soon as the election was held in November in the United States, Hamas began to treat [the hostages] much better. They fed them better. They respected them more. They changed the tone of how they treated them. They no longer spit upon them. As he said in his own words, elections have consequences. (00:29–00:39)
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Asserts that the treatment of hostages by Hamas improved after the U.S. election in November.
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