Ted Cruz: “1,195 people were murdered on that day [October 7th].”

“I can't imagine what they've gone through in the last year, but to even think it's been an entire year since they've seen their loved ones, it's been. A year of living hell. As I mentioned, 1,195 people were murdered on that day [October 7th]. The estimates are not exactly clear, but the best estimate is 251 hostages were taken on October 7th. Now, of those 251 hostages, we estimate that 97 remain in Gaza, plus an additional four hostages who were captured before October 7th.” (04:14–04:20)

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