It went on to say the family thanks you all for your Love And Support and asked for privacy. At this time, there was no immediate comment from the army or details about the other bodies found. The White House confirms the idf found six bodies in total in underground tunnels on saturday. Hamas militants took around 250 people during the October 7th Terror Attack on israel. An estimated 104 hostages remain in their custody. This news comes as Ceasefire And Hostage talks continue between israel and hamas. Thousands of protesters in israel continue Benjamin Netanyahu Reach A Deal. For more on all of this, lets bring in Heritage Foundation, national Security Vice President and former deputy national Security Advisor Victoria coates. Victoria, thanks for coming on with us. This morning. I just want your immediate thoughts on whats transpired. Well, of course, this is an awful day. I mean, for america as well as for israel. I mean, hersh was just an american kid going to a Music Festival whose arm was blown off, who made it to gaza, who survived, who had a proof of Life Video in april, i met his parents in in july in israel. This is just heartbreaking that he has been executed since then. And, you know, for all of the hostages. I mean, it just shows you how perilous the situation is and that hamas has not been negotiating in good faith. They have had these people at their at their discretion now for almost a year. And this is what is happening. These kids are being slaughtered. And so you have to wonder what the endgame is for the administration here. And i think we need to be very supportive of the israelis doing everything they can to wrap this up. And destroy hama. You know, victoria, apparently these bodies were recovered under a tunnel in rafah, you know, after these six were recovered, these bodies, theres apparently about 101 other hostages. I mean, what are the chances that theyre alive . I mean, we have to remain hopeful, and there should be somewhere between five and now seven americans that are amongst them. And thats why this matters to us here at home. I mean, it matters to us because israel is a great and good ally. But also these are American Citizens and so, you know, we have to be be hugely vigilant about this. And wonder if there was something else we could have done over the summer to save. Hirsh. I mean, this was such a public case. His parents spoke at the dnc, and it just its Mind Boggling to me that that we would have let this go so far that hamas would have been willing to, to let that particularly precious hostage what should have been a precious, precious hostage to them die. And you know, when you talk about the hostages and the families, theyre mad. A lot of these families are mad at Benjamin Netanyahu over this. He theyre saying that he basically abandoned them. What are your thoughts on on that sentiment . Well, its obviously always just the most agonizing balancing game. And ive been part of some of these conversations during the trump administration. You know, where, you know, youre trying to balance National Security versus the security of a single hostage. Its just its the most impossible thing. And i think the Prime Minister is doing his best to both prosecute the National Security interests of the state of israel and get the hostages back. And what i havent seen is a similar urgency out of the Bidenharris Administration to both prosecute the war against hamas and bring The American hostages home. You know, when you talk about President Biden, he did speak about this today. But what i mean, what response should Vice President harris have . Because ultimately, shes the one on the ticket. And now that The Americans, you know, there are they are involved. We have found they found american hostages dead. So what should she be saying . Well, thats thats really putting your finger on it, which is this is an american who was executed after he was alive in april. So during all of these negotiations, weve been going through over since the president made his announcement of his phased Ceasefire Proposal in may. I mean, during that period, this American Citizen was executed. And so we have to ask, i mean, are we negotiating with good faith partners . This doesnt make any sense. And i think a lot of americans need to look and say, gee, under President Trump, we didnt have this. We didnt have these attacks on israel. We didnt have American Citizens being held hostage and then executed by iranian Proxy Terrorist groups. And i hate to put it that bluntly, but thats literally the choice before us going forward. I mean, what what do we want . And, you know, we you know, were now about to mark the one Year Anniversary of the October 7th attacks. So this is this is a really grim reminder of the enemy that were up against. It is. And it will be interesting to see if they can actually come to a Ceasefire Agreement and a Hostage Release Agreement like they say theyve been working on. But you bring up an excellent points. What has been going on since this happened. I mean, no movement has been made, no progress has been made. Victoria coates, i appreciate your time tonight. Were now going to go to former israeli diplomat and former israeli consulate in new York Spokesperson shahar shahar. Can you hear me . Yes, i can, actually, i can. Thanks for thanks for coming on with us this morning. We appreciate it, especially with the hour that it is. I just want your initial thoughts on whats happened and this news that has come out of The Middle East. You know, actually, the heart. The heart is broken. My heart and the hearts of so many israelis, americans and decent people in israel, the united states and all across the world. Hersh goldbergpolin, along with several other hostages, were murdered by the savagery of hamas Terrorist Organization in an image that reminds us again that we are facing what is the ultimate evil, these people and this is a fact that too many people have chosen to forget were snatched from their homes, from the party, from celebrating life by Hamas Savages on a Saturday Morning in an attack that started on deliberate perpetrated murderous attack by hamas at 6 29 a. M. On a Saturday Morning. Can you imagine . Almost a full year they spent in hamas cruel captivity, and we heard from other hostages the kind of conditions they were held under and then losing their lives. According to initial reports, still unconfirmed only recently at the hands of these hamas savage captors. Our hearts are shattered. Our eyes are filled with tears. We are truly broken at this horrible sight of inhumanity. Yeah. I mean, these the bodies that were found, they were people who were at that festival, it was men and women. And now we have an american that was found, you know, and i dont want to make light of anything. I mean, not just The American. All of these hostages who were found. It doesnt matter if theyre american or not. Theyre people. I just want to make that very clear. Exactly, but, you know, apparently, you know, Victoria Coates, the woman i just had on. And i was speaking to, she said that hersh was alive, apparently in april. That was almost, what, four months ago . So what are we doing wrong . What is going so wrong with these Ceasefire Talks for this negotiation with the Hostage Release and the ceasefire . What what are we not doing . Why has a deal not been reached . And do you think we can even Reach A Deal with these people . Well, you know, we are dealing here with a death cult, ashley. These are people who desire death. They came to israel and murdered thousands of people, injured innocent people. You know, youre mentioning the people who are still being held captive. And i just want to mention for a young baby who was kidnaped at nine months ol, nine months old, along with his mother and his brother and his father and all of his family is still being held by hamas. Now hamas desires one clear thing they want to survive, just like they said, months ago, so that they are able to perpetrate another massacre again and again and again. And im quoting this now under these conditions, as long as this is what hamas desires and when they want to perpetrate another massacre of innocents, this is something that israel cannot allow. Now, if this is what they desire, can israel give it to them . Should israel give it to them, and at what expense . Its a very difficult dilemma. Moral dilemma that israel is facing now because weve seen the consequences of that massacre. Having said that, israel has made numerous concessions towards hamas. But i will tell you frankly, its time to increase pressure on hamas. Its time for the us administration to unleash israels hands, to allow israel to use as much force as it needs against hamas In Gaza in order to eradicate hamas. And this is not just for the benefit of israel. This is the benefit of palestinians. This is the benefit of the regional stability in The Middle East. Hamas needs to go, not tomorrow, not today. Yesterday, if you were in charge, how would you take care of that situation . Well, its quite clear that there are elements in the deal that could move forward. For instance, a cessation of hostilities for a certain period of time to allow for more humanitarian aid to go into gaza. And at the same time for hostages to be released. But its also very clear that hamas is unwilling to do so unless they get guarantees. And so we heard guarantees that not only they, as an organization, survive this, the war. Not only is the war going to be over completely and utterly, but we are hearing also that the Coward Leader of hamas, yahya sinwar, is asking for guarantees that he personally will not die after the murderous attack against israel. We know what theyre interested in doing to continuously immiserate the lives of palestinians and israelis in the region. And you know what . We must also remember that this does not begin and end with hamas itsel. In the course of the last ten months, we have seen the islamic republic of iran continuously playing a negative role, not just in hamas In Gaza, but also all across The Middle East against israel and american forces, destabilizing the region, using the Houthis In Yemen, bringing calamity over the head of ordinary lebanese, using the shiite terrorist group hezbollah. And what weve seen in the last few months in the West Bank when they have been funneling weapons and support to hamas and Islamic Jihad there only over the weekend in israel, we have seen two murderous attempts of terrorists who took Car Bombs into the proximity of jewish towns and villages in order to murder people. Luckily, this did not happen because brave people stood up against them and were able to avert the attack. But we have to address the main problem in the middle East And Today the main problem in The Middle East, not just for The Middle East itself, but also for iranians themselves, is the islamic republic of iran. And until we are able to deal with that threat, The Middle East will continue to suffer under this terrible evil regime. You know, shahar, you were talking about nine month old babies being taken from their homes. I remember i was nine months pregnant when all of this started, and when you see the images of car seats, for little babies with blood all over them, it it it affects you in a way you wouldnt understand. And i, i could not imagine being Family Members of people that this has happened to. And knowing that not only were your Family Members killed, but not knowing whats happened to the hostages, if youre related to them, if youre a friend of this person, right. Really quickly, you know, we just we are all we are all the families of these hostages since october seventh. Now, i totally agree. I totally agree, you know, shahar, we just got the names of the rest of the Hostages Bodies that were released. I want to i want to, say these really quickly. And im so sorry if i pronounce these wrong, the hostages were kamal gad, eden yerushalmi. Hersh goldbergpolin, who weve been speaking about. Whos The American . Alexander lebanov almog, suraci, and Master Sergeant uri danino. Like i said, these were all people who were at a festival when they were taken, you know, and when youre talking about the pain. Sorry. No. Go on, Go On. I was saying you were mentioning the pain of the families, and i was saying that we are all families with these hostages and those killed, and we can think exactly about the kind of suffering that not only theyre going through in captivity, but think about that day, actually think about many hours of torment, torture, sexual attack, rapes, pillaging, killing, murdering, and torturing. Can you believe six hours, eight hours, 12 hours that were eternity for all of these victims who were murdered so cruelly at the hands of these hamas terrorists . And we live this reality every day with every name and every story for israelis and decent people across the world. Its never stopped being October 8th. Do you think the rest of the hostages are alive as israelis, as jews, as decent people . We never lose hope, even as we heard the initial news over the weekend about these six hostages, we always hoped until the final message, the final announcement comes out. So we are hoping that at least some of them are still alive, but we have no expectations of any Hamas Savagery and cruelty. We know the kind of evil that we are dealing with, and i hope that the rest of the world understands. As we approach October 7th, we hear of antiisrael, antiu. S. Prohamas groups planning to commemorate October 7th, which is an unbelievable insolence. Can you imagine anybody commemorating, you know, Osama Bin Laden commemorating September 11th . Can you imagine this being allowed anywhere . I hope we will not see it here, that we will see civility as the Jewish Community and decent people across the world come to remember the atrocity, not just in hindsight, but also the obligation that we all have to stand up to this evil so that never again is never, ever again. Its unthinkable. I couldnt imagine what these people are going through and what theyve been through, i just have no words for it. Charazani, thank you so much for your time. We appreciate i. And then joining us now, we have Rabbi Mintz. Rabbi, i need your, your, your thoughts and your take on this information that were just now starting to get. I dont know if you heard, but i read off the rest of the names of the Hostages Bodies that were found today In Gaza. But your thoughts on whats happening . It breaks my heart. It breaks my heart. Its terrible. Here youre looking at young people. Some of them could have been doctors. Some of them could have been lawyers. Some of them could have been people that created jobs for humanity. These people, their lives were snuffed out for no reason. I went to israel two weeks after the war began. I went to the hospitals and i saw legs blown off. Id seen arms blown off. Ive seen. But in their eyes, they were hoping. They were hoping to destroy hamas. And the reason why they want hamas destroyed all of the people there is because every two years its demanded on israel make a Cease Fire, make a Cease Fire. And then once again, we have to go in. And how many, how many tragedies do we have to go through . But whats bothering me more than anything else is i was always hoping maybe The Americans. Im an american, maybe theyre scared to kill an american. Maybe theyre frightened to go because of the power that america could put upon. And the ones own. They didnt find dead because he starved. He was killed. He was killed weeks ago. Days ago. Its an old debt that means this guy has been lying there dead, shot, killed, and all America Today can go and say is, we got to bring a Cease Fire to the war. Why . So hamas lives . Are we kidding ourselves . You must understand. Three years ago, iran was broke. I know trump has said A Thousand times. Im reaching out to some of my jewish friends out there. Iran was broke. Broke. They dont have a penny to their name. We kept on giving them billions. We shut off our oil. Theyre selling oil. Theyre supplying billions to the terrorists. Its our action in america that has supplied the terror. And It Hurts. And unfortunately, it sounds political, but these are facts. These are the facts of reality. And as a rabbi, when i heard this earlier, it was my sabbath and i said, im not allowed to hear bad news, but this is the truth. This is the reality. And i go and i say, how could this be in Todays World . In israel, the families are mourning the those that are demanding end the war. Could you blame them . Theyre emotionally. I want my baby home. I want my child home. It bothers them and It Hurts them. Oh, i couldnt, i couldnt imagine, especially the families of these now confirmed six human lives who were found under a tunnel In Gaza. This false hope that theyve had thinking, oh, were going to reach a ceasefire. Theyre going to reach a ceasefire deal, theyre going to release these hostages. Were going to get our Family Members. Were going to get our our sons, our daughters, our friends home. Only now for them to just find their bodies. Im just saying. And even if the war ended today, even if the war ended today, what theyre going to find out is an unfortunate. I heard you asked the question before. Do i believe that there are hostages alive . The very first Thing America should be doing. Youre sitting there negotiating. First thing is show us newspaper from August 31st and show a man or a woman or a baby alive. Show us what were dealing with. If not, we cut off the oil to the world and we start pumping something. Theres no strength in our words. Theres no bite. So i see the families in israel stop the war. I want my baby home. I dont care alive, dead stop the war.