Bring Them Home

“The one thing that we all hold on to is that hope now that Abigail comes home, she comes home by Friday. Friday is her 4th birthday. We need to see Abigail come out and then we will be able to believe it.” That’s just one of the comments from the families of Israeli hostages, some of whom are likely to be released this week as part of a deal between Hamas and Israel. The pause in fighting is scheduled to begin on Thursday at 10am. Here’s the latest from CNN, BBC, and Times of Israel.

+ “American hospitals may be maddening in many ways, but at least heavily armed thugs aren’t generally trying to bully doctors in the hallways. At least gun battles aren’t regular occurrences.” That quote is from the NYT more than a decade ago. The use of hospitals for military purposes in Gaza has been covered for years by the very outlets that cast doubts on that behavior when it was confirmed by Israel. Yair Rosenberg with the thread.