The Oct. 7 Hostage Crisis began long before that dark day in 2023.

In August 2014, my son, Lt. Hadar Goldin, was ambushed and killed during a humanitarian cease-fire brokered by the United Nations and U.S. Hamas terrorists dragged his body into a tunnel and have held him hostage ever since — denying him, and us, the dignity of a proper burial.

Hadar is one of the 50 hostages Hamas is still holding in its dungeons, at least 20 of whom are still alive.

Diplomacy failed in 2014, when a cease-fire meant to save lives became the cover for Hamas’s hostage-taking. It failed in the decade that followed, as his case was brushed aside. Now, as the........

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