US President Donald Trump has criticised the $21 million USAID funding for voter turnout in India, labelling it a 'kickback scheme'.
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00:00Mahakumbh still remains the Mahapolitical showdown.
00:03Remember, Yogi Adityanath government had rejected the NGT report details that there are abnormal
00:10levels of fecal bacteria found in the Ganga river from which was early in the month of
00:16February and says that that's not true at all.
00:20Now, Samna, mouthpiece of the Shiv Sena, of the UBG Sena has dared Yogi Adityanath, why
00:27not drink Ganga water, it asked, if it is so clean and clear.
00:31Yogi Adityanath had said, Sangam water, Sangam water, remember where the main Mahakumbh Mela
00:36is happening, saying Sangam water is fit for even drinking.
00:41So Samna editorial is asking, why not then drink and take a sip from that Ganga water?
00:46NGT basically had flagged that there is high fecal bacteria levels in the Ganga river.
00:51Remember, this was from the early weeks of February, ever since there have been addition
00:57of that.
00:58However, there has been consistent maintenance and cleaning also happening and that's why
01:02Yogi Adityanath government has said he rejects that report.
01:12Let's listen in also to what Yogi Adityanath said.
01:42Yogi Adityanath said,
02:12Vidya joins me live for the latest on that.
02:32Vidya, good morning, clearly this has led to a lot of showdown.
02:36Tell me more about what the Samna editorial has said.
02:39Well, the Samna editorial is very critical of the fact that, you know, they speak about
02:44how there are people who cannot even get water, they don't have access to potable water.
02:49And this is the very government which now claims that, you know, this water is pure
02:53for everyone to, you know, wash away their sins.
02:56So, you know, comparing the two, it says that, you know, what the Modi led government, the
03:02Yogi led government is doing is not right.
03:04And that's why, you know, there needs to be steps that have to be taken.
03:09Of course, they are very clear in this fact that, you know, the administration has done
03:14nothing.
03:15Continuing with the attack that we have seen from the Maha Vikas Agadi and the India Alliance
03:20like the day we had seen, Mamta Banerjee also speak critical about the arrangements being
03:26made.
03:26It's on the similar lines that the Samna also has put out this editorial now.
03:32All right, Vidya, thank you very much for tracking all the latest on this.
03:35Clearly, a huge showdown continues over the Kumbh.
03:47Donald Trump is at it again.
03:48He is again mentioning with regard to the USAID funding and the 21 million dollars for
03:54water turnout, so to say, for India has led to more showdown.
03:57Donald Trump in the latest has said 21 million dollars for water turnout in India.
04:02Why are we caring about India's turnout?
04:05We've got enough problems of our own.
04:08It's a kickback scheme, you know, that's what he's referring to.
04:11Kickback often means, remember, a certain bribery for something or a quid pro quo.
04:17Was there something in return that was coming from India, so to say, or Indian groups to
04:23the USA?
04:23Let's listen in to what Donald Trump said.
04:28And 21 million dollars for voter turnout in India.
04:32Why are we caring about India turnout?
04:34We've got enough problems.
04:37We want our own turnout, don't we?
04:38Can you imagine all that money going to India?
04:41I wonder what they think when they get it.
04:43Now, it's a kickback scheme.
04:44You know, it's not like they get it and they spend it.
04:47They kick it back to the people that send it.
04:49I would say in many cases, many of these cases.
04:53So just to give you a background.
04:54Remember, Elon Musk, leading the government efficiency, which is called the Doge, had
04:59decided to pull back from millions of dollars of funding that were being sent to other countries
05:03on various, sometimes frankly cryptic issues.
05:07One was for 21 million dollars earmarked for voter turnout in India.
05:12Now, BJP leaders are saying this was for a regime change.
05:16They wanted a government change.
05:17They didn't want Modi to return.
05:19And that is what is happening to overthrow Modi government.
05:22Donald Trump is blaming Biden administration over it, saying they wanted someone else to
05:27be elected.
05:28So based on what Donald Trump is saying, BJP Congress has had a showdown here in India
05:33as well in the domestic politics where Congress has said all these claims are nonsensical
05:38that Donald Trump is making.
05:39And if the allegations are so true, why not have a white paper and detail all these charges?
05:45Shivani Sharma is joining me for the latest on that.
05:47Shivani, it's very interesting that, you know, I expect BJP Congress to be fighting
05:51over this.
05:52But Donald Trump also is not letting this go.
05:54He is also consistently making one statement after another about 21 dollars, 21 million
06:00dollars earmarked for India.
06:04Certainly, Pooja, this is the second time in last two days that President Donald Trump
06:09has slammed 21 million dollar US aid funding for voter turnout in India.
06:14And he's not stopping there.
06:15He's been saying that there must be a kickback scheme.
06:19And he's trying to kind of rake up this issue again and again.
06:25He has already made this mention two days back, remember, Pooja, where he was saying
06:29that it was, I think it was being used to make somebody else, to elect somebody else
06:35to impact the election system in India.
06:37And again, he's saying that why do we need to give 21 million dollars to India?
06:41So he's putting out that question again and again on the electoral process in India.
06:46That can be a debatable issue in India between the parties that that's what you were also
06:51saying.
06:52But US President Donald Trump making mentions of India and the electoral process and how
06:57this 21 million dollar aid was to be used to impact the elections is quite interesting.
07:02All right, Shivani, keep tracking the latest on this.
07:05And this is very interesting, remember, because one after another.
07:09And here's our special report on that.
07:11Donald Trump is mentioning about India.
07:13And then he's the one who, in fact, initially said it looks like they were trying to elect
07:18someone else, referring to the previous Biden administration.
07:21So this is not just about BJP and Congress anymore, but Donald Trump and Biden government
07:27too.
07:27Let's take a look at what is this money, this funding for which now the BJP leaders are
07:32saying, let's have an investigation.
07:34Let's find out who the money was being allocated to.
07:37What do we need to spend 21 million for voter turnout in India?
07:42Well, 21 million dollars, I guess they were trying to get somebody else elected.
07:48Donald Trump's big bombshell on US meddling in Indian polls for a regime change.
07:56Trump hinted at Biden administration's interference in Indian polls by pumping in funds to stop
08:02re-election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
08:07Trump also highlighted the need to keep Indian government in the loop about such meddling.
08:14And 21 million dollars for voter turnout in India.
08:17What do we need to spend 21 million for voter turnout in India?
08:21I guess they were trying to get somebody else elected.
08:23Well, we ought to tell the Indian government, because when we hear that Russia spent about
08:29two dollars in our country, it was a big deal, right?
08:32Trump's remarks came days after Elon Musk-led Doge
08:36stopped 21 million dollars in US funds to boost Indian voter turnout.
08:43The revelations sparked explosive political war in India.
08:47The BJP asserted that there was a conspiracy to dethrone Modi with foreign help.
08:54Voter turnout, what kind of money do you need?
08:57People in India don't need, you know, money for turning up.
09:02So it's essentially just labeling it.
09:05It was basically for regime change and has been given to people.
09:08And they must come clean at this juncture.
09:11An investigation must go and find out and get to the root of where the money went.
09:18The BJP posted Rahul Gandhi's video from 2023,
09:22where he was seen seeking help from the West to expose the reality of Modi-ruled India,
09:28calling it proof of Congress' role in the conspiracy.
09:33So the surprising thing is that the so-called defenders of democracy,
09:38which are the United States, European countries, seem to just be oblivious
09:45that a huge chunk of the democratic model has come undone, right, which is a real problem.
09:53The BJP said that the Congress-led global conspiracy
09:57was flagged multiple times by Prime Minister Modi.
10:22But the Congress rubbished Trump's charges and termed them nonsensical.
10:43It also sought details on U.S. aid fundings from government.
10:47The big question, did the U.S. try to subvert the political process
10:51in world's largest democracy?
10:54Better report, India Today.
11:01RJD leader Tejasvi Yadav, who's been former deputy CM of Bihar,
11:05has something to say to Rekha Gupta, who's now Delhi chief minister.
11:09Tejasvi Yadav says, and I quote him here first,
11:12And Tejasvi Yadav here referring to some of the old posts,
11:17social media statements that have emerged, to which Rekha Gupta hasn't said a lot,
11:21but it does appear that that's one of the comments that he's hinting at.
11:25Let's listen in to what Tejasvi Yadav said.
11:28But remember, this is in addition, one of the first
11:30and most important statements that Rekha Gupta has ever made.
11:34She says,
11:35that he's hinting at.
11:36Let's listen in to what Tejasvi Yadav said.
11:39But remember, this is in addition, one of the first leaders beyond the Congress party,
11:43while many are congratulating the fourth woman chief minister of Delhi,
11:49but they're also saying, and this time Tejasvi Yadav saying,
11:52it's a dignified position, it's a responsible position,
11:55and therefore maintain the dignity of that post.
11:58Some of these social media posts, allegedly, that appears to be of Rekha Gupta,
12:03are being circulated by the opposition leader,
12:06saying that these are inappropriate words being used to target Arvind Kejriwal.
12:10Let's listen in now to Tejasvi.
12:32Rohit Singh joins me for the latest on that.
12:44Rohit, why precisely such a comment?
12:47It seems that there is some sort of sarcasm in it,
12:50some sort of a hidden meaning.
12:52What do we make of what Tejasvi is saying?
12:58Well, yes, there is absolute sarcasm in the comments
13:01that has been made by Tejasvi Yadav,
13:03also taking a jibe at the new Delhi chief minister, Rekha Gupta,
13:08over the social media videos that have gone viral in the last couple of days,
13:13where Rekha Gupta, when she was in the MCD,
13:17where she's seen protesting in some sort of a violent manner,
13:21and breaking mics inside the MCD.
13:25So those are the visuals which have gone viral,
13:27and now Tejasvi Yadav is banking on those social media videos
13:32to target the new Delhi chief minister,
13:35and says that everyone has seen what her past has been.
13:40And so they believe that the post of the chief minister was full of dignity,
13:44but now he's taking a jibe at Rekha Gupta,
13:48for now that once she was in the MCD,
13:52and she was doing all kinds of violent protests,
13:54and now she has become the chief minister of Delhi.
13:56So Tejasvi Yadav is definitely taking pot shots at Rekha Gupta.
14:01Well that's expected as well,
14:02because now of course she's in prominence.
14:05Yes, she's the chief minister of Delhi.
14:07Rohit, keep tracking all the latest if there are more comments
14:09that come in from RJD leaders,
14:11even from Bihar on this India Block Alliance Partners basically.
14:23It's day one officially for the Delhi government,
14:25led by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
14:26Rekha Gupta, the chief minister of Delhi.
14:29Holding back-to-back meetings already early this morning,
14:31information coming in, Rekha Gupta has said,
14:34we've called the PWD and JAL board officials for a meeting,
14:37we will take over the issue of potholes already.
14:39There are parts of Delhi, remember,
14:41that do have a menace of potholes,
14:45and that's something that Delhi chief minister says,
14:47we are looking at it right away.
14:48In the cabinet meeting yesterday,
14:49we approved the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
14:52It had been stalled by the Aam Aadmi Party,
14:53they said they have their own schemes,
14:55Ayushman Bharat isn't benefiting them,
14:57but now it appears that it will be re-implemented
15:00by the Delhi government, led by BJP.
15:02The scheme will soon open for the public again by the BJP,
15:05which is basically a central government scheme.
15:09So now meetings happening already,
15:10she's been a three-time municipal councillor,
15:13and civic issues clearly top on priority.
15:24Delhi government,
15:25the government of Aam Aadmi Party,
15:27which had been stalled,
15:29has approved it in the cabinet meeting yesterday.
15:33And very soon,
15:35the Ayushman scheme,
15:37which is family-based,
15:38and the 70-year-old senior citizen scheme,
15:41will come into the public domain,
15:43and people will be able to benefit from it.
15:46Today, we have called the PWD officials
15:49and the JAL board officials,
15:52with whom I will have a meeting,
15:53the entire cabinet will sit with them,
15:55and while looking at all the issues,
15:58the potholes,
16:00the roadside potholes,
16:03and the road in the potholes,
16:05we will seriously take over those issues today.
16:10All right, joining me in India Today,
16:11Jitendra Bahadur from the residence of Rekha Gupta.
16:15Jitendra, good morning.
16:16Are the celebrations still on?
16:17It still seems like drums are being played.
16:20Will they go to Sachibala?
16:22Or is this where the meetings are being planned?
16:25Give us the details.
16:31The puja will start at around 1 o'clock.
16:33Delhi's Chief Minister, Rekha Gupta,
16:36will leave at around 1 o'clock.
16:37But from the morning,
16:38from around 7 o'clock,
16:40you can see that people are eager to meet.
16:43People want to meet her.
16:47In front of her house,
16:50BJP activists,
16:53and the people around here,
16:56are arriving in large numbers.
16:59You can see people in line in front of her house.
17:03People have been arriving here with flowers since morning.
17:06The biggest thing is that a little while ago,
17:09she said in a media interview that
17:11she is going to have a big meeting today,
17:14along with the officials of PWD in Delhi,
17:18and the Delhi Water Board.
17:23She said that the condition of the roads in Delhi is very bad.
17:29This was a big issue,
17:30an election issue for the BJP regarding the roads in Delhi.
17:33So today, a big meeting will be held with the PWD officials,
17:36along with the PWD minister.
17:40After that, it will be decided
17:42how to improve the condition of the roads in all areas of Delhi.
17:47Along with this, a meeting will be held with the Delhi Water Board officials
17:51by the Chief Minister of Delhi, Rekha Gupta.
17:54Because there are many areas in Delhi
17:58where there is a problem with water.
18:00Dirty water comes in those areas.
18:02How to improve that,
18:04will be taken forward.
18:06The road map ahead of this,
18:08is being said by the BJP,
18:09or by the ministers,
18:13that the decision taken yesterday,
18:15is a big decision.
18:17This is the Ayushman Bharat Yojana,
18:19which is being run by the Indian government.
18:22Jitendra, quickly, before I let you go,
18:24tell me, because the issues are being discussed.
18:26If I am correct, you are in Shalimar Bagh right now.
18:29So, Jitendra, will she stay here right now?
18:32Has she made any official accommodation?
18:35As per her designation, Jitendra?
18:38Okay, looks like Jitendra cannot hear me right now.
18:41He is telling us about all the issues that have come in,
18:44with regard to the civic issues
18:45that she is immediately focusing on,
18:47especially when it comes to portholes,
18:50health, the water department,
18:53and the PWD department will be immediately summoned.
18:57Afternoon is when the meetings begin.
18:58Remember, Rekha Gupta, as Chief Minister,
19:00has got finance, home.
19:02These are big departments that have come in.
19:04Home, of course, eventually law and order
19:06goes to the centre government.
19:07So, we will be tracking all that and more.
19:09Huge opportunity, huge responsibility
19:12for Rekha Gupta.
19:15So, I am going to tell you now,
19:16remember, Rekha Gupta becomes the Chief Minister
19:18to lead a team of six other ministers.
19:21Most of them, senior leaders in their own right,
19:24have had experience with regard to politics.
19:27Delhi CM Rekha Gupta will be in charge,
19:28for example, finance,
19:29one of the most important ministries.
19:31Parvesh Verma, the big frontrunner,
19:33had been for the CM position.
19:36He has got PWD and water ministry.
19:38Ashish Sood gets education ministry,
19:40earlier was with Manisha Sodia.
19:42Ravi Indraj Singh gets social welfare ministry.
19:45Manjinder Singh Sirsa will be in charge
19:47for environment ministry.
19:48There are multiple ministries they've got.
19:50These are some of the important ones
19:51I'm telling you about.
19:52On the other hand, Kapil Mishra gets law and justice.
19:56Finally, and Pankaj Singh getting health ministry,
19:58which was earlier with Satyendra Jain.
20:00After holding the first cabinet meeting,
20:01Delhi CM Rekha Gupta announced
20:03Ayushman Bharat scheme will be re-implemented.
20:05It was blocked by Aam Aadmi Party,
20:07that said it isn't really benefiting
20:09with regard to Delhi.
20:10Also, Delhi government says 14 CAG reports
20:14will be tabled in the first session.
20:15Remember, 48 MLAs now of BJP,
20:1822 MLAs of Aam Aadmi Party.
20:19CAG reports will most likely be
20:22the indictment against AAP.
20:24BJP has lashed out at Aam Aadmi Party government
20:26on why did they not release the CAG report details.
20:29Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party MLA,
20:31Atishi, former CM,
20:33lashed out at Delhi government saying,
20:34why was there no decision taken
20:36on the Samridhi Yojana of the BJP?
20:38The scheme that promises Rs 2,500 to women per month.
21:08I feel that it'll be great for New Delhi
21:23and it'll be great for the government of Delhi
21:27to have a progressive, forward-looking
21:31and honest leadership,
21:33which works for the welfare of the people of Delhi.
21:36You cannot have a developed India
21:38without a developed capital.
22:06I feel that the government of Delhi
22:08will investigate every corruption
22:10that it has committed
22:12according to the law
22:14and all the culprits
22:16will be put in jail
22:18according to the law.
22:20This morning, Rekha Gupta said
22:22that in the first session,
22:24the scheme of giving Rs 2,500
22:26to every woman of Delhi
22:28every month
22:30will be passed.
22:32But I am saddened
22:34that on the very first day
22:36of the formation of the government,
22:38the BJP has started
22:40breaking its promises
22:42and started deceiving the people of Delhi.
23:04The BJP has assured that
23:06whether it's assembly session
23:08or the alleged scam trials,
23:10that they are going to go ahead
23:12and open all these files.
23:14The Aam Aadmi Party says
23:16there will be political vendetta.
23:18Let's take a look at this report.
23:20I, Rekha Gupta,
23:22swear by God
23:24that I will have true faith
23:26and loyalty
23:28to the constitution
23:30of India
23:32The new government
23:34takes charge in the capital.
23:36With Rekha Gupta at the helm
23:38as the Chief Minister,
23:40the BJP government is set to put
23:42policies of the earlier
23:44Arvind Kejriwal government
23:46under the scanner.
23:50After taking oath as Chief Minister,
23:52Rekha Gupta vowed
23:54to make the Aam Aadmi Party
23:56pay for alleged corruption
23:58under their government.
24:02The government
24:04that has been ruling
24:06for the past 12 years
24:08and all the corruption
24:10that has been committed against them,
24:12let them pay for it.
24:16Rekha Gupta also declared
24:18she won't move into
24:20the Delhi CM's official residence
24:22built during the AAP regime,
24:24which the BJP
24:26described as Kejriwal's
24:28Sheesh Mahal.
24:33Delhi ministers also vowed
24:35to probe the corruption charges
24:37levelled against AAP
24:39and its supremo Arvind Kejriwal.
25:03With the BJP in power
25:05in the national capital,
25:07Kejriwal and other AAP leaders
25:09are set to face
25:11some serious heat.
25:15Bureau report, India Today.
25:33Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister
25:35D.K. Shivkumar made a comment
25:37that appears to have landed him in trouble.
25:39He had said that
25:41even if God descends, nothing will change
25:43in Karnataka, at least not in the next 2-3 years.
25:45He said also that the government
25:47is attempting to try to bring that change.
25:49But of course, the BJP
25:51has latched on to that remark and said
25:53yes, we realise that Sidharmaya government is a curse
25:55for Karnataka and that people of Karnataka,
25:57especially Bengaluru, are eagerly waiting
25:59to replace Congress Party. Let's first listen
26:01to what D.K. Shivkumar said and why the BJP
26:03is charging at them.
26:32Mr. D.K. Shivkumar's statement
26:34clearly exemplifies
26:36his lack of political will
26:38to change the situation
26:40of the Bangalore city roads.
26:42They had promised
26:44a moon to the people of Bangalore
26:46but they are not able to deliver
26:48on their promise.
26:50They are only glorifying
26:52the projects like
26:54tunnel roads, double-decker roads,
26:56white-tapping by spending
26:58thousands of rupees
27:00He gives out a project
27:02worth more than a lakh rupees
27:04to change the face of the Bangalore
27:06which for those projects
27:08is illogical
27:10which will destroy the Bangalore
27:12demography completely.
27:14It is very sad.
27:16The pathetic condition of the road
27:18is an insult to the people of Bangalore
27:20and the government is not
27:22concerned about it at all.
27:24And over and above saying that it is not
27:26possible to correct it even after
27:28two years is very shameful.
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28:54He is the son of the President. He comes here every day. He doesn't leave.
28:58Oh, I see.
28:59He stays there.
29:00Whenever he wants to beat the kids, he calls them to the office.
29:03He beats the little kids with sticks.
29:07The little ones.
29:08But when he plays, he makes a lot of noise. He calls everyone to the office.
29:13On weekdays.
29:14Although he himself says that he plays on weekdays.
29:17When he plays, he calls the little kids to the office.
29:20First and foremost, all of these hostile wardens and supervisors and management must understand that they are not parents.
29:28One. So when we talk about discipline, there are two different kinds.
29:32There is a discipline that you have a right to do as a institutional guide or mentor.
29:40And that absolutely is not caning, beating, slapping or hitting a child.
29:46Because that goes against the Juvenile Justice Act.
29:49We are very, very clear. So here the hostile authorities, especially Madrasas, because they have a lot of religious connotation attached.
29:57And all of this is a huge burden, not only on the parents, but also on the children.
30:02So even when they beat up the children, they make it sound and look like they have a God given right to beat the child and correct the child.
30:14Absolutely horrific. And let's hope that there will be more investigation and details coming in from these incidents.
30:21All right. Moving on now to Uttar Pradesh and Sambal.
30:24Remember, there was violence that took communal overtones also that was reported.
30:28It's being investigated. One gangster is where the police in UP believe is the mastermind.
30:34His name has come in as well.
30:36And they are saying that is he being allegedly protected by the MP of the area of Sambal.
30:41Shariq Sutta is the mastermind behind the Sambal violence, according to UP cops.
30:45Let's take a look at this report.
30:57Uttar Pradesh's Sambal witnessed violence on November 24th,
31:01after locals gathered near the Shahi Jama Masjid to protest against the local court ordered survey of the mosque.
31:12As per Sambal police, the November 24th incident wasn't any ordinary communal violence.
31:20The police say the mastermind behind Sambal violence is a Dubai based gangster, Shariq Sutta.
31:27The police have also arrested Mohammad Gulam associated with Shariq Sutta gang,
31:45who allegedly supplied weapons to the rioters during the violence.
31:50The police claim Mohammad Gulam had allegedly planned to kill Vishnu Shankar Jain,
31:54who had come from Delhi during the survey at the Jama Masjid.
32:24The police suspect the alleged mastermind Sutta is associated with the D company.
32:5579 accused have been arrested so far in the Sambal violence that left 5 dead and dozens injured.
33:03With Arvind Ojha, in Sambal, Bureau Report, India Today.
33:24Arvind Ojha, Bureau Report, India Today.
33:55He was born, in fact you should know, in New York to Gujarati origin parents in 1980,
34:02who had migrated to the United States of America.
34:13Alright, remember amid all of this, that while of course he is now USA FBI director,
34:19but is it a coincidence, because one of the White House officials congratulated and welcomed him
34:24with a Hindi film music meme.
34:27Ranveer Singh's face has been replaced by that of Kash Patel.
34:30I want you to take a look at this meme, how he is being congratulated.
34:49Ranveer Singh's face has been replaced by that of Kash Patel.
35:19I want you to take a look at this meme, how he is being congratulated.
35:50FBI basically of course means not just domestic law and order, but in international scenarios as well,
35:55to ensure criminals do not harm the United States of America.
35:59So we will be tracking how his tenure is going to be.
36:02And remember most of his speeches, addresses, he starts and ends with Jai Shri Krishna.
36:13We have an update coming in with regard to the Israel-Hamas war.
36:17This 9-month-old baby, Kafir, his brother, about 3 years old then, Ariel,
36:22had become the face of the hostage crisis.
36:24They were kidnapped from their house while they were clutching to their mother, Sheree B Bas.
36:28I had been tracking their journey. I was hopeful they will be able to return alive.
36:32But in Hamas captivity, they have now been murdered and returned to Israel as dead bodies.
36:38But it didn't end there.
36:40We are now told that there was this huge spectacle that Hamas organized.
36:43United Nations has criticized of how the dead bodies of these babies were also paraded in Gaza.
36:49Israel has received the bodies. Here is what happened.
36:59A chilling and grotesque display.
37:03Hamas terrorists stage a public ceremony near Khan Yunis, Gaza,
37:07before returning the bodies of four Israeli hostages.
37:12Among them were Sheree B Bas and her two young sons, Kafir and Ariel,
37:16whose fate had remained unknown since their abduction on October 7, 2023.
37:23Kafir B Bas was just 9 months old at the time of his capture
37:27and was the youngest hostage taken by Hamas during the October 7 attack.
37:32His older brother, Ariel, was only 4 years old.
37:36The fourth victim was 83-year-old Oded Lifshitz.
37:42The handover was not just a transfer of remains,
37:48but a gruesome display orchestrated for propaganda.
37:53The four bodies were presented in black coffins on a stage adorned with banners
37:58as thousands, including armed Hamas terrorists, gathered to witness the event.
38:05The large poster was hung up at the handover site,
38:08depicting Netanyahu as the vampire standing over images of the four hostages.
38:14It read, the war criminal Netanyahu and his Nazi army killed them with missiles from Zionist warplanes.
38:25Red Cross staff walked to the stage where the four coffins were laid out,
38:29surrounded by masked Hamas militants and signed papers as part of the handover,
38:34before they were carried to their vehicles.
38:38Each of the caskets had a small picture of the hostages.
39:09I mean, I don't even think we thought that the babies were alive for a long time,
39:13but I feel terrified that our government is not,
39:20is going to continue not making the right decisions to end the war.
39:25I feel sad for our society and I feel devastated for the families.
39:32Today is going to be a very sad day to the state of Israel.