After almost 500 days of living hell in Hamas captivity, Israeli-American Keith Siegel is home. And he credits Donald Trump for his long-delayed release.
Unlike Gaza-loving Joe Biden, Donald Trump has already taken a hard line against Hamas, including by threatening to end the ceasefire if Hamas didn’t release all hostages. Trump also announced a plan to deport almost 2 million jihad–loving Gazans and rebuild Gaza with the U.S. and Israel in charge. Siegel, whose wife was also a hostage Hamas released back in Nov. 2023, more than a year before her husband, thanked Trump for his recent release from the tortuous nightmare of captivity in Gaza.
In a video going viral online, Siegel introduced himself as “a 65-year-old American citizen. I love country music and I love pancakes on Saturday morning, but that was my previous life. Since February 1, I am a newly released Hamas hostage. I’m a survivor. I was held for 484 days in unimaginable conditions. Every single day felt like it could be my last.”
#BREAKING Former hostage Keith Siegel released this video message to President Trump:
“My name is Keith Siegel, and I am a 65-year-old American citizen. I love country music and I love pancakes on a Saturday morning.
But that was my previous life. Since February 1st, I am a… pic.twitter.com/S8c5qjYucR
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) February 14, 2025
Siegel believes that Trump’s pressure on Hamas finally convinced the genocidal terrorists to release him. “President Trump, you are the reason I am home alive. You are the reason I was reunited with my beloved wife, four children, and five grandchildren. Thank you for your continued fight against terror and for your bold leadership that has brought me and many others back home to our families, to safety, and to security,” he said.
Siegel’s family was waiting for him, but fellow hostage Eli Sharabi didn’t know that his wife and children had been massacred by Hamas until after his release. This is the unspeakable evil of Islamic terrorism. […]
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