Auburn’s Bruce Pearl criticized Hamas terrorists after the release of three Israeli hostages

Dark Tigers men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl posted a fiery message on social media Sunday in response to a video showing Hamas terrorists handing over three Israeli hostages to the Red Cross.

Video showed the hostages He moves from one car to another among a large number of Hamas militants holding guns and chanting “Allah Akbar”. Later, the armed men stood on top of the car.

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Bruce Pearl (Dale Zanin-Imagn Photos)

Pearl didn’t look pleased.

“Granting autonomy to the Palestinians looks like this. Do they seem to want peace?” he He wrote in X. “They made war, killed and raped, built tunnels and hid under people, fired rockets from living rooms, then screamed genocide. NOW FREE THE INTRUDER, then live in peace or leave the city.”

Pearl is not one to shy away from Support for Israel. He has been one of the most outspoken sports figures on the issue.

Israel’s Cabinet of Ministers approved early Saturday a cease-fire deal with Gaza that would free dozens of hostages and end the war with Hamas that began after the terrorist group attacked the Jewish state on October 7, 2023.

On January 19, the day Emily was released from captivity as part of the hostage-prisoner deal between Hamas and Israel, former hostage British-Israeli Emily Damari and her mother Mandy, Emily’s brother Tom Damari, and other relatives make a video call. , 2025.

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The deal will allow for the release of 33 hostages over the next six weeks in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians arrested by Israel. The rest of the hostages are scheduled to be released in the second phase, which will be negotiated in the first phase.

Hamas agreed to release three female hostages on the first day of the deal, four on the seventh day, and the remaining 26 women within the next five weeks.

Hamas has said it will not release the remaining hostages without a long-term ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal.

A terrorist of Hamas participates in a military parade. (Reuters/Ibrahim Abu Mustafa/File)

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The 15-month war in Gaza began when Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed nearly 1,200 people, abducted nearly 250, and prompted military retaliation by Israeli forces. About 100 hostages are being held in Gaza.

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