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Israeli soldier branded as "American kid from New Jersey"

The X thread pushes back on framing: Josh Gottheimer's quoted tweet celebrates a Hamas commander's death, calling him a "monster" who "threw an American kid from New Jersey into a hole" and tortured Edan Alexander for 500+ days. Except the captured person in the image is literally an Israeli soldier in Israeli army uniform, captured from an Israeli military base. Meanwhile, Liz Tsurkov, an American, is actually being held captive by Israeli forces and abused. The gap between how these two cases are framed tells you everything about whose humanity gets centered in this narrative.
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Rep Josh Gottheimer @RepJoshG
Justice has been served. This monster threw an American kid from New Jersey into a hole in the ground and tortured him for more than 500 days. I hope he rots in hell for what he did to Edan Alexander and every other hostage. https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/religion/2026/08/28/hamas-commander-edan-alexander-nj-killed-idf/91493459007/
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