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Tuesday, June 25, 2024
‘Incredibly difficult to watch’: Trump shares Sandberg documentary on Hamas sexual violence on October 7
Former US president Donald Trump shares a link and encourages his followers to watch “Screams Before Silence,” a documentary on the systematic sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas against Israelis on October 7.
He says that the film, produced by former Meta chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg’s, is “incredibly difficult to watch because, sadly, it graphicly portrays the Death and Destruction that Hamas has unleashed.”
In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, the Republican presidential candidate calls on his followers to watch the hour-long documentary.
“We demand that all Hostages taken October 7th from Israel, and being held in Gaza, be released immediately, including eight Americans, and Citizens from over twenty other Countries, so that the war can come to an end. PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!” he writes.
The post is something of a change of pace for Trump, who has been critical of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since he left office, including in the aftermath of the Hamas massacre that killed 1,200 people on October 7 amid horrific acts of brutality and sexual assault.
It is believed that 116 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza — many believed dead.
