Orna Neutra, the mother of Omer Neutra, center, on December 13, 2023, at Washington. AP/Evan Vucci
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THE NEW YORK SUN | Published December 3, 2024
Orna Neutra, the mother of Omer Neutra, center, on December 13, 2023, at Washington. AP/Evan Vucci
Neutra, the grandson of Holocaust survivors, grew up at Plainview, Long Island, and attended a Jewish high school there. He later chose to defer his enrollment at SUNY Binghamton to enlist in the IDF, citing his love for Israel. On Monday, Governor Hochul ordered flags to half-staff statewide in his honor, describing the news of his death as shaking “all New Yorkers to our core.”
His killing will place additional pressure on the president-elect to broker a hostage deal even before he takes office. Just this weekend, Hamas released a propaganda video of Israeli-American hostage, 20-year-old Edan Alexander, who was shown calling on Trump to negotiate a deal for the remaining hostages held in Gaza. In the video, which was posted by Hamas on Telegram under the title “time is running out,” the visibly distressed hostage pleads for Trump to “please use your influence and the full power of the U.S. to negotiate for our freedom” lest he end up like fellow American hostage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was murdered in captivity in August, he added.
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SOURCE: www.nysun.com
RELATED: Trump threatens “HELL TO PAY” if Gaza hostages not released before inauguration
President-elect Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) attend the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on Nov. 19, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas. Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
AXIOS | Published December 3, 2024
President-elect Trump threatened on Monday that if hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are not released before his inauguration “there will be ALL HELL TO PAY in the Middle East, and for those in charge.”
Why it matters: This is the first time since he won the election that Trump has weighed in publicly on the hostages that are being held in Gaza.
The hostage families hope that his involvement both in private and in public could lead to a breakthrough in the stalled negotiations for their release.
Driving the news: Trump’s statement in a post on Truth Social came a few hours after the IDF announced that Omer Neutra, an American-Israeli hostage held by Hamas, had died during the Oct. 7 attack and that his body was taken to Gaza.
For more than 420 days, Neutra’s family didn’t have any information on whether he was dead or alive.
A senior Israeli intelligence official said the determination was made after IDF obtained new information that established the fact that Neutra had been killed.
Hamas released a video on Saturday with proof of life from U.S. citizen Edan Alexander, who is also being held hostage in Gaza, who called on Trump to negotiate for his release.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Axios in an interview that Trump wants to see a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza before he assumes office on Jan. 20.
What they’re saying: Trump wrote on Truth Social that the hostages “are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will” and threatened “ALL HELL TO PAY” if they are not released.
He added: “Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW!”
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SOURCE: www.axios.com
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