The United States has begun surveillance by drones in search of US citizens held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. After nearly a month, the hostages could not be rescued, and questions have also been raised about the intelligence surveillance and technology capabilities of the West.

This information was reported by The Jerusalem Post on Friday (November 3).

Last October 7, the Palestinian independence organization Hamas launched a sudden attack on Israel. At that time, they took hundreds of Israeli hostages to Gaza. Later, however, it is known that Hamas has imprisoned more than two hundred people. 

Most of them are citizens of Israel, but there are also citizens of several countries including the United States, United Kingdom, and Thailand, according to various media. The United States claims that Hamas still has 10 American hostages.

The United States has already started surveillance with drones in search of hostages of American citizens. 

Two US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Thursday (November 2) that the US is conducting drone surveillance in Gaza to find US citizens held by Hamas. They have been doing this for the past week.

US authorities believe US citizens are being held captive in long underground tunnels built by Hamas in besieged Gaza. However, the officials could not say anything about whether they got any information about the detained Americans by monitoring with the help of drones.

Israel's Mossad is one of the world's most powerful intelligence agencies. Palestinian territory at their fingertips. In addition, there is intelligence information from the US intelligence agency CIA and Western countries. Even after almost a month passed, they could not show any success in rescuing the citizens held by Hamas.

The so-called four hundred detectives are also under fire from the hostage's relatives. Therefore, many have questioned the advanced technological capabilities of the West, including Israel's Mossad.

Big US budget for Israel, Biden wants more

The US House of Representatives has passed a separate $14.3 billion military aid package for Israel amid ongoing attacks on Palestinian enclave Gaza. However, there are doubts whether the law will pass the Senate.

Turkish state news agency Anadolu reported this information on Friday (November 3).

Local time on Thursday (November 2) the House of Representatives voted 226 votes in favor of the bill and 196 votes against. 12 Democrats voted in favor of the bill. And two Republican members voted against the bill.

The bill is likely to become ineffective after reaching the Democratic-controlled Senate. But President Joe Biden has threatened to veto the effort.

In addition to $1,400 million for Israel, Biden requested $6,000 million for Ukraine. On the other hand, more than $9 billion is being sought for humanitarian aid projects including Gaza.

But Republicans have been opposed to providing more funding to Kiev.

The United States has been giving full support to Israel since the beginning of the conflict between Israeli forces and Hamas. Officials of the country regularly visit Israel. Following this, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is scheduled to go to Israel again on Friday (November 3).

Earlier, Blinken visited Israel, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Egypt last October. However, he failed to get support for Israel from the Arab countries during that trip.