Nearly 11 months after the horrific Hamas terrorist attack against Israel, six more hostages have been killed in captivity.
On Sunday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed the bodies of six hostages held by Hamas were recovered in a tunnel in Gaza. They were among the more than 200 people taken captive during the October 7 rampage.
Five of the victims – Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, Eden Yerushalmi, and Ori Danino – were taken from the Nova Music Festival where hundreds were killed and dozens more were kidnapped by terrorists. The sixth hostage, Carmel Gat, was visiting family when she was captured by Hamas in the border kibbutz of Be’eri in southern Israel.
On Tuesday’s show, Megyn was joined by Ric Grenell, former acting director of National Intelligence, to discuss the tragedy.
Accountability
In the wake of the news of the murders, Megyn said there has been plenty of finger pointing. “Hamas killed six of the hostages, including the American, and there has been a lot of anger towards [Benjamin] Netanyahu on the left. If you listen to MSNBC, it’s all about Netanyahu,” she said. “Whose fault is it and how does this affect our election?”
Grenell said at least some responsibility lies with the Biden administration. “Let’s go back to October 7. Whose fault is it? I mean, Hamas is the one who did it, but they got their funding from Iran,” he explained. “And you know who funded Iran is Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. This is just a fact.”
U.S. Foreign Policy
He said the Biden-Harris approach toward Iran stands in stark contrast to that of former President Donald Trump. “In the Trump administration, we had Iran squeezed,” Grenell noted. “They didn’t have money to pursue a nuclear weapon, and they certainly didn’t have money to go out and fund the Houthis, Hamas, Hezbollah, and all of their actors that they pay to go out and cause terrorism around the world and wars.”
As Grenell explained, Biden “dropped the sanctions” Trump had imposed against Iran upon taking office and “gave cash and credit” to the country. “The total package that Biden-Harris gave to the regime in Tehran was hundreds of billions of dollars,” he said. “No one should be surprised when you give Tehran hundreds of billions of dollars that you are going to get the Houthi attacks, you’re going to get Hamas attacks, you’re going to get Hezbollah starting a war with Israel. You literally are funding terrorism.”
That is why, in his view, the war between Israel and Hamas rages on as more hostages are killed. “[Biden and Harris] are to blame,” Grenell concluded. “It’s now been 333 days and we still don’t have a diplomatic solution. All we hear about is… ‘war, war, war’ in Washington, DC. No one is doing peace.”
You can check out Megyn’s full interview with Grenell by tuning in to episode 877 on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you like to listen. And don’t forget that you can catch The Megyn Kelly Show live on SiriusXM’s Triumph (channel 111) weekdays from 12pm to 2pm ET.