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We all have daughters the same age serving in the military,
I don’t like the way [the handover] was done, but after 7 October, nothing surprises me anymore,
said Ella, 52, from Holon, near Tel Aviv My family can’t be brought back, but we must keep fighting. That is my job now,
she said, sitting on the steps in the square and stroking a dog wrapped in the Israeli flag It’s an incredible moment, I am so happy,
said Gali Cohen, 28, a member of a group of about 1,000 former and serving tatzpitaniyot, or “spotters”, who came together to support the women’s families and campaign for a hostage release deal I was amazed by their mental strength. Strong women who survived days of hell and the light in their eyes did not go out,
the hospital director said They could have been any one of us, that’s why we feel this so deeply. It is bittersweet because now we have to keep fighting for the others,
What I’ve learned in the last year is that happiness and sadness don’t cancel each other out. They co-exist,
As part of the prisoners' exchange deal, the (Ezzedine) al-Qassam Brigades decided to release tomorrow four women soldiers,
said Abu Obeida, the spokesman for the the group's armed wing, on Telegram
