In the Darkest Tunnels, Hamas Survivors Found God - Dr. Rich Swier
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In the Darkest Tunnels, Hamas Survivors Found God - Dr. Rich Swier
The worst pain for the hostage families is not knowing. To the 58 pairs of mothers and fathers who crossed into the 600-day threshold of this nightmare last month, the flickers of hope feel fewer and farther between. “Time is running out,” survivor Yocheved Lifshitz said emotionally. Others, looking at pictures of the dozens still in captivity — more than half of whom are almost certainly dead — can’t begin to comprehend the hell they’ve endured…


The Israeli woman Ilana Gritzewsky was a 55-day hostage to Hamas, she endured terrible things. Her friend is still in the hands of the terrorists. Now she fears that the Iranian war will put the torture of the hostages - and the suffering in the Gaza Strip - in the background.
For more than 600 days, another knot besides the tzitzit has accompanied our lives - the yellow knot of our kidnapped brothers. Like the tzitzit, it is meant to command us to remember. Even when we have good reasons to forget, or at least push the subject lower on our agenda.
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