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Assassination of Conservative Media Personality and Co-founder of American Corners, Charlie KirkThe 31-year-old husband and father of two sent a sad message to the forum, representing the 48 hostages that Hamas still held in the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
“With deep sorrow, we mourn Charlie Kirk’s loss,” the Hostages and Missing Family Forum said in a statement. Social Media Account.
“His powerful voice will always be remembered in Israel and support the hostages and their families,” the statement said. “We are forever grateful for his unwavering unity.”
Speaking at an event at Orem University in Utah, Charlie Kirk, Utah, spoke at a U.S. University of Olem, Utah, on September 11, 2025, at the U.S. Embassy laid a wreath in the mourners outside South Africa. (Phil Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images)
The forum added: “Our hearts are with his loved ones during this painful time. May they feel comforted in knowing the depth of his support.”
Kirk has caused people to be against him Israel and hostages held 706 days after the attack on the Jewish state on October 7, 2023.
Hostages like Omer Shem Tov, who was released in February after being imprisoned for more than 500 days, posted a sad message Wednesday, saying: “Charlie Kirk is one of Israel’s strongest and bravest voices and was murdered today to speak.”
He added: “We can’t get ourselves used to this reality.”
Omer Shem Tov, who was abducted during the fatal period on October 7, 2023, was attacked by Hamas in Israel, was held in Gaza and released in February, and was welcomed by the crowd when he returned home from hospitalization from Herzliya, Israel on March 1, 2025. (Reuters)
Noa Argamani, who was also kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and was rescued by the IDF in June 2024, shared the news of Kirk’s assassination on Instagram with a message of “May his memory be a blessing.”
Hostage concerns have been intensifying since the end of the first phase in March, negotiations between Israel and Hamas have repeatedly failed to achieve significant hostage exchanges. Except for being released in May.
Kirk’s assassination, the president Donald Trump Meeting with former hostages, and the family of the current hostages that Hamas still holds in the White House.
The meeting is only on the second day Israeli expropriation strike in Doha, Qatar Regarding Hamas-led moves, the move has raised international condemnation and raised concerns that it could hinder negotiations on the release of hostages, with about 20 still being evaluated as alive.
Qatar has been a key figure in mediating an attempt to end the Gaza war and return to hostages, with Hamas leaders targeting the attack last week in Doha to discuss negotiations in Doha, according to senior Israeli sources.
President Donald Trump is still detained in Hamas in Gaza in Hamas in Gaza on September 10, 2025, with release of Israel hostages Ohad Ben Ami and Raz Ben Ami, as well as Ilay and Leela David, Evyatar David, who is still in custody in Hamas in Gaza on September 10, 2025. (Official White House Photo, Joyce N. Boghosian)
“If you bring all the Hamas leaders together to discuss hostage deals, you’ll try to kill them – who are you going to do hostage deals with?” senior source asked in a comment to Fox News Digital. “What does this mean for the possibility of a hostage deal in the near future because we know they died there?
“[What] Most Israelis… care about not killing some monsters in Doha, but the return of hostages.
trump card Condemn the strike He also said he was “very dissatisfied with the incident” and told reporters that Israel did inform the U.S. military of strikes, but “it was too late to stop the attack.”
“This is a decision [Israel’s] Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu, this is not my decision. ” Trump said.
Six people were killed during the strike, including a Katari security official, but Hamas claimed its leaders survived the attack. BBC.
Qatar announced on Thursday that an emergency Arab-Islamic summit will now be held on Sunday and Monday to resolve the Israeli attacks.
Smoke rolled after the explosion in the capital of Doha, Qatar, Qatar, on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. (Jacqueline Penny/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images)
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Doha’s International Media Office also declined to report that the attack caused friction between Qatar and the United States, saying “the partnership is stronger than ever and continues to grow.”
“We will continue to work together to promote global peace and stability,” the agency said in a statement.
