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In reply to the discussion: Hostage Release / Exchange [View all]

MyMission

(2,000 posts)
2. Happy and heartbroken
Fri Nov 24, 2023, 12:03 PM
Nov 2023

I've been following this too, waiting for news.

I'm happy some of them are coming "home" although many of their homes have been destroyed.
I'm heartbroken for them and what they've been through, and for the ones not being released yet, and their families.
I think of these traumatized children and women being released. Many of them have lost some of all of their immediate families and close friends. Many have family and friends who were also abducted but will not be released at this time.
And I ache for the families with loved ones who will remain as hostages. My heart goes out to them, and to those being released, for all they have endured and will need to deal with in this new reality they're returning to.

And yet it is a step, a small step.
50 Jewish hostages will be released over the next 4 days. I hope and pray the others will be released soon, or rescued. With the ceasefire I expect Israel will be watching Hamas movement, and may be able to track and locate where some of the many still in captivity are being held or moved to.

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