Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, told Newsmax that Israel gave Hamas plenty of opportunity to release the remaining hostages but their “patience just ran out.”
Israel carried out a strike on Hamas leadership in the Qatari capital of Doha on Tuesday, officials said, escalating its campaign against the group as ceasefire talks over the Gaza war remain stalled ahead of a potential new military offensive.
“But we also know that they’ve [Qatar] harbored these terrorists for a long time now,” Jackson said on “National Report.” “I think Israel has been incredibly patient. They’ve given these leaders of Hamas, these terrorist leaders that have sought safety and security and harbor in Qatar — they’ve given them plenty of opportunity to work and negotiate and try to bring the issues in Gaza and the terror that is being propagated by Hamas in Gaza to an end — and they have not done it.
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