Mamdani Staffer Filmed Tearing Hostage Posters

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A Fox News report says New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani employed Frances Hamed, a Hunter College graduate who was filmed in October 2023 tearing down posters of Israeli hostages abducted in Hamas's Oct. 7 attack. The article says Hamed interned for Mamdani from February–May 2025, links her to a Samidoun rally characterized by Canary Mission and notes the campaign did not respond to requests for comment.

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Zohran Mamdani employed woman caught on camera tearing down hostage posters

Fox News September 27, 2025

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Frances Hamed was filmed on Oct. 31, 2023 tearing down posters of Israeli hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks.
Hamed served as a constituent‑services intern for Zohran Mamdani from February to May 2025, according to her LinkedIn profile as reported.
Fox News cites Canary Mission and notes Hamed was photographed at a rally organized by Samidoun, which the article says is labeled by OFAC as a problematic entity.