The images emerging from the devastated Gaza Strip do not depict Hamas as a collapsed, crushed, or dismantled organization, let alone a destroyed one. The victory images we had hoped to see will have to be found elsewhere.
Yarden Bibas attempted to protect his family on Oct. 7, but was taken by terrorists just like his wife Shiri and their two redheaded children, Ariel (5) and Kfir (2), who was taken when he was just 9 months old at the time.
Fearing the 65-year-old hostage might be too frail to walk, medical team prepared a wheelchair. But the freed hostage had other ideas.
The reunification of Ofer Kalderon with his children, who were freed in an earlier exchange, unites all Israelis with tears of joy.
The medical news website Doctors Only reports that agent operated for three months in Tel Aviv and Gaza, but failed to secure his release. Efforts waned after a management change at the Danish parent company.
