Former president Donald Trump doubled down on the Biden-Harris administration after the hostages were found dead. In a Truth Social post, Trump blamed Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden for the hostage crisis and reiterated that had he been the president, the October 7 attack would have never happened. Six bodies were found in Rafah, the southern Gaza hub including that of Hersh Goldberg-Polin who was an American citizen. The Israeli military said the hostages have been brutally murdered by Hamas.