It’s hard to overstate the gravity of what just happened. After more than two years of international pressure, diplomatic maneuvering, and heart-wrenching pleas from families, Israeli hostages are finally coming home. For their loved ones, today is nothing short of a miracle. For the rest of us, it’s a sobering reminder that progress — even in the bloodied theater of Middle Eastern politics — rarely comes without pressure, pain, and persistence.
For two excruciating years, I have called for the return of the hostages brutally kidnapped on October 7th and held in Gaza.
Today is a good day. Surviving Israeli hostages are finally home and reuniting with loved ones. I’m thinking of them and their families on this joyful day… https://t.co/V6uDL89Gzj
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) October 13, 2025
Yet, the story isn’t complete. Not even close.
— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) October 13, 2025
You can almost feel the quiet contortion happening in Washington — a verbal gymnastics routine where some Democrats are offering cautious praise for the hostages’ release, but refusing to acknowledge a pivotal piece of the story: the Trump factor. Love him or loathe him, facts remain facts. It was President Trump who first floated the framework for what would become the breakthrough deal between Hamas and Israel — a proposal rooted in hardline diplomacy and relentless negotiation, echoing the same pressure-cooker tactics that delivered the Abraham Accords. To ignore this isn’t just political bias — it’s historical malpractice.
The president told me he did this on Indigenous Peoples Day in honor of you. https://t.co/KsTPzHQ2yz
— JD Vance (@JDVance) October 13, 2025
Imagine trying to explain the end of World War II while scrubbing out D-Day, or charting the Civil Rights movement without naming Martin Luther King Jr. That’s what this omission feels like. And it’s not just laughable — it’s intellectually dishonest.
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— Dan Scavino (@Scavino47) October 14, 2025
What matters most, of course, are the hostages themselves. These men, women, and children were torn from their lives in the October 7th terror — a day seared into Israeli consciousness like a second Yom Kippur War. For too long, their fate was shrouded in uncertainty. Now, they are returning. Scarred, surely, but alive. And for that, we can all breathe a sigh of relief.
