While Hamas unquestionably broke the ceasefire it had with Israel by committing a terrorist attack in Jerusalem, there was another reason for the recent renewal of hostilities. Namely, Hamas was refusing to release the rest of the female hostages as per the agreement for the extensions given. 

Now, the U.S. State Department is revealing the reason why, and it's horrific.

BREAKING: State Dept Spokesman Matthew Miller says the reason Hamas didn’t want to release women and the reason this pause fell apart is because Hamas doesn’t want those women to be able to talk about what happened to them.

This comes one day after @RepJayapal said we need a… pic.twitter.com/zjGh8sGAdU

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 4, 2023

BREAKING: State Department spokesman Mathew Miller says it seems that the reason Hamas refused to release all the women who it held hostage was because the terror group didn't want them to tell what they went through while in captivity in Gaza

— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) December 4, 2023

Miller's comment quickly drew fire from pro-Hamas figures on social media, many of whom accused him of lying. Apparently, it's just impossible to believe that the same barbarians who filmed themselves murdering and mutilating people on October 7th would dare rape anyone. Never mind the fact that videos from the initial massacre showed clear signs of women being raped, including an infamous video showing a woman being paraded around, barely able to walk, with blood stains on her genitals. 

Documentation was also found instructing Hamas fighters to rape women while fighters who were captured testified to that effect. Then there's the direct testimony from survivors who said they witnessed rapes taking place at the music festival that became the centerpiece of the attack. 

Still, no amount of evidence will ever be enough for the "pro-Palestinian" crowd. Because they see everything through the insane prism of intersectionalism, Hamas can't be seen or treated as vicious oppressors. Rather, they must be coddled as supposedly oppressed.

It's a completely perverse worldview that leads to large numbers of people, mostly Democrats, making excuses for terrorists even as those terrorists continue to say that their goal is genocide. On Sunday, Rep. Pramila Jayapal was asked specifically to condemn the sexual violence carried out by Hamas. She instead danced around the subject, calling for a "balanced" approach to condemning Palestinian terrorism. 

Unfortunately, because of what has been done to the women still in custody, it is unlikely they'll ever be voluntarily released or allowed to live if the IDF begins to close in on their location. Hamas survives only because of international protection from corrupt organizations like the United Nations, and to allow that level of direct evidence to get out would be a huge blow to the group's propaganda campaign. 

Where are the left-wingers who were so concerned about believing women and speaking out against sexual violence? It's astonishing to see the same people who wanted to destroy Brett Kavanaugh over non-credible accusations with zero evidence now dismissing the well-evidenced rapes of Israeli women. It's astonishing, but not surprising.