Israel should threaten to "blow up" oil refineries in Iran if Hamas does not release the hostages it seized during its Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Iran, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday.
NEWSMAX -- "As to the hostages, I would hold Iran responsible for their well-being," the South Carolina Republican told CNN's "State of the Union" while discussing Israel's preemptive strike against Iran-linked Hezbollah earlier in the day.
"If I were the state of Israel, I would tell the ayatollah, that if these people do not come home alive — the ones that are left alive — and if we don't get the bodies of the fallen, we're going to blow up your oil refineries," Graham said. "That's the only way you're ever going to get the hostages released is to put pressure on Iran."
Graham also said that in his opinion, the Hamas attacks on Israel last Oct. 7 were generated "to stop normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel."