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War Diaries: Days 28 and 30

10 November, 2023

Day 28 – Yellow Ribbons

Friday morning we woke up to join a scheduled run for three of the hostages, who have family in Raanana.

We ran for Naama Levy, 19 years old, who was captured and taken hostage to Gaza. There’s video footage of her being bundled into a jeep, with scared eyes, clothes bloodstained.

From the website set up by her parents to bring her home, here’s Naama’s story:

Daphna Horowitz February 12, 2024

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Diary Entry: Days 28 and 29 – Heart Stickers

There is no shelter here, reads the sign blowing in the wind taped to the glass door. I have walked from one end of the namal (port) to the other looking for a cafe, not a restaurant that serves fish or chicken. I want a salad and a hot coffee with oat milk. I have found one at the northern area of the port of Tel Aviv. Not fancy but with a table near an outlet and they serve coffee.

Mallory Serebrin February 12, 2024

War Diaries: Day 25 – A Ray of Hope in the Darkness

3 November, 2023

On Monday night we had a sliver of light in the darkness.

We rejoiced at the brave rescue of one of the hostages, Ori Megidish, 19 years old, from a Gaza tunnel, by the IDF. A young girl who was taken, is now back with her family, back home.

Together with the four hostages released last week by Hamas (a mom and daughter, both US citizens who were visiting family in Israel and a couple of days later, two elderly women, aged 80 and 85), that makes five hostages out; 242 (by latest count) to go.

Daphna Horowitz February 12, 2024

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Broken Thoughts

A morning with 2 pairs of names
Which ones will set the tone
The lives of two so tragically lost
Or the other two, finally home

2 angels departed
2 more just returned

Miriam Roskind February 12, 2024

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War Diaries: Days 12 and 17

By Daphna HorowitzRaanana, Israel24 October, 2023 Day 12 – Holding joy and pain at the same timeEvery morning I wake up and for a split second, before I’m completely awake, while my mind is still a

Daphna Horowitz February 6, 2024

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War Diaries: Day 115 – Counting Days, Gratitude and Grit

Last night, I was invited to dinner at a friend. She had recently recovered from emergency surgery and wanted to express gratitude for how the events had unfolded and for the love and support she received

Daphna Horowitz January 31, 2024

War Diaries – Day 80: From Tragedy to Grace: A Mom’s Inspiring Journey of Forgiveness and Leadership

Last week, we experienced an event that shook our entire nation. Three hostages managed to escape from their captors in Gaza. They ran out of a building with their hands up, white flag raised and shirts

Daphna Horowitz December 26, 2023

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Bring them home

Everywhere you go, everything you do. Let your world be a little dimmer, let their memory be that much brighter. Until they are all home.

Miriam Roskind December 5, 2023

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War Diaries – Day 55: The bittersweet journey of Israel’s hostage return

Here we are, nearly 2 months into the war, and navigating through a week that’s been an emotional rollercoaster. The thing we most wanted, what we were waiting and praying for, is beginning to come to

Daphna Horowitz December 1, 2023

It’s Too Much

Note from the author: What we have lived through during the last days is still incomprehensible in its scope. Each day we learn of new horrors and are fearful of which names we will hear next.

Julie Zuckerman October 19, 2023

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