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Trump says he watched ‘horrible’ Hamas video of hostage Evyatar David, ‘hopes a lot of people see it’
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WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump says he has watched Hamas’s “horrible” video of emaciated Israeli hostage Evyatar David being forced to dig his own grave in the tunnel where he is being held in Gaza.
Asked what his reaction was to watching it, Trump tells reporters, “I think it’s horrible.”
“I hope a lot of people do get to see it, as bad as it is because I think it’s a horrible thing,” he adds.
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