Hostage Update: 3 will be released on Saturday: American citizen Sagui Dekel-Chen, 36, Alexander Trupanov, 29, and Yair Horn, 46.
A total of 73 hostages remain; 30 are believed to be alive, including 6 Americans still held in captivity by Hamas in Gaza. Families of 11 of the remaining hostages have received proof-of-life in recent days based on testimony from those recently released from captivity.Hamas terrorists have tortured the hostages for 16 months. Or Levy, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi, who returned emaciated, were hung by their feet & burned. Still in Gaza, Eliya Cohen & Alon Ohel were untreated for Oct. 7 wounds. https://www.timesofisrael.com/bound-gagged-and-starved-released-hostages-report-severe-mistreatment-by-captors/ and https://bsky.app/profile/kristinmreid.bsky.social/post/3lhokfwa6zs2bShlomo Mansour, 86, was taken captive by Hamas gunmen who stormed his home in Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7. They beat him, handcuffed him, and dragged him toward Gaza. This week, we learned the devastating truth: Hamas murdered Shlomo on October 7. He never made it to Gaza alive. His body is still being held by the terrorists.The United States must increase the pressure on Hamas and its sponsors in Iran, Qatar and Turkey to release the hostages.Have you see the video of the NSW Australian nurses openingly saying they want to kill Israeli patients? Bankstown Hospital's Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh are obviously part of a group of murderous Islamic doctors and nurses in Australia. Now there's video of Dr Tasafin Hossain, an oncologist at Cairns Hospital, expressing her support for Hamas and Hizbullah ("They're great.").
CHINA
The Clandestine Oil Shipping Hub Funneling Iranian Crude to China (Bloomberg) In the South China Sea off the Malaysian peninsula Iranian oil is transferred to a "Dark Fleet" giving China plausible deniability re: the importation of Iranian oil. The maritime hub is a direct threat to Western efforts to curb revenue going to Tehran, Moscow and Caracas and an illustration of why sanctions are so hard to enforceShipment of chemicals for missile production arrives in Iran from China EUROPE
Hamas-Linked Lobbying Network Expands Political Influence in Europe The order to kill priest Georgios Tsibouktzakis was given by Marwan Barghouti, who is serving 5 life sentences, but 20 French cities have granted the arch-terrorist honorary citizenship. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/403716Italy ends co-operation with UNRWA on Gaza aid but will still give funds for projects outside Palestine https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/02/italy-ends-co-operation-with-unrwa-on-gaza-aid-but-will-still-give-funds/From Tehran to Columbia: Inside America's Student Intifada - Report shows how proxies of Iran – and their American affiliates transformed Columbia University into a gateway hub for Hamas’ activism in the United States. https://canarymission.org/campaign/Columbia_Intifada
PALESTINIANS
No Famine in Gaza: The average imported calories into Gaza was 3,004 calories per person per day. February was the lowest (1508), with April being the highest (4167). Hamas launched a rocket, breaking the ceasefire, and murdering a 14-year-old PalestinianDocuments reveal Hamas' coordinated effort with Al Jazeera to reshape the narrative of the October 7 attack. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-842041The Qatata Tribe issued a statement (crickets in the press): Hamas terrorists opened fire on the Abu Salameh family, who were taking refuge in a displacement tent near Khan Younis, shooting five brothers, killing Fares Salameh and severely wounded four others https://x.com/HowidyHamza/status/1890097315811324025Palestinian Authority mockery: Israeli hostages were in “vacation resorts” https://palwatch.org/page/36933Qatar is now the deep state in the Trump administration https://www.jns.org/qatar-is-now-the-deep-state-in-the-trump-administration/
'Qatar is Hamas, and Hamas is Qatar' https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21386/qatar-is-hamas
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit called on Hamas to relinquish power in Gaza
SYRIA
Russian convoy denied entry to base in Syrian Tartus https://mil.in.ua/uk/news/rosijskyj-konvoj-ne-vpustyly-na-bazu-v-syrijskomu-tartusi/The UK government has made an unforgivable decision—reinstating £13 million in funding to UNRWA
Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Katie Britt (R-AL) introduced a bipartisan resolution affirming that Hamas cannot be allowed to have any political or military control of the Gaza Strip.ABC News Presents Terror-Linked Family as Innocent Palestinians https://honestreporting.com/abc-news-presents-terror-linked-family-as-innocent-palestinians/When the Houthis killed an aid worker and took hostages, the UN suspended aid until their release. But in Gaza, shipments continue—no strings attached—while Hamas still holds hostages.
ON CAMPUS
Rowan University, NJ, suspended SJP UCLA suspended SJP for alleged misconduct against UC Regent Jay SuresUCLA’s Task Force on Anti-Palestinian, Anti-Arab, and Anti-Muslim Racism (AAAR) released a deeply misleading report that falsely accuses Jewish faculty, staff, and students of harassment while ignoring the documented, escalating antisemitism at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM). Columbia University's Sunrise Columbia, a group of Columbia and Barnard students focused on institutional environmental issues, concludes their weekly email with a quote from Yahya SinwarMacquarie University and University of Sydney create high security Jewish ‘safe rooms’ over rise in antisemitic incidents. Georgetown Law apparently cancelled event with a convicted terroristGeorgetown University graduate student, Mapheze Saleh, revealed to be member of Hamas. 
