September 1 is a big day in Israel--the majority of kids go back to school today and the air is usually festive and fun.
And then there's this year.
The women are saying, "Their backpacks become heavier from year to year" and the kids' backpacks each have written, "My father was badly injured", "displaced from the North", "My father was killed", "My sister is a hostage in Gaza", "displaced from the South"....
That was the post I had started to write about September 1st. And then....
We woke up to the heartbreaking news that these six hostages were found murdered (no, New York Times, they were not "found dead") in the Gaza tunnels
May the memories of
Eden Yerushalmi
Carmel Bat
Almog Sarusi
Alex Lobanov
and Ori Danino
be for a blessing. This is so devastating....
Their bodies were found only one kilometer from where Qaid Farhan Al-Kadi was discovered last week. When Farhan was found, the country was so darn happy.
This photo, by Soroka Medical Center, shows the reality of Israel: a religious Jewish doctor treating a Muslim Arab who was freed by 18 Israeli soldiers from his captivity by Hamas terrorists.
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