Tzvi Joffre is a journalist and sometimes sofer based in central Israel. He worked for a number of years as a breaking news editor at The Jerusalem Post and is studying political science and Middle Eastern studies at Bar-Ilan University.
“This is the closest I’ve been to you since Oct. 7 and I can’t kiss and hug you and it breaks me,” Yarden Bibas said in his heartbreaking eulogy to his wife, Shiri.
One of the medical staff treating the three released hostages said that their condition was “no different from people who spent a year in a concentration camp.”
The commander of the Lebanese Army, Joseph Aoun, reportedly told Saudi officials that he refuses to confront Hezbollah, an essential condition of the ceasefire.
“The people who want the clemency didn’t sit in the courtroom and look at his face and see the glee when he saw all the horror that he wreaked in the building that day,” said Carol Black, a survivor of the shooting who lost her brother in the attack.
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![[From top-left clockwise:] Arbel Yehoud, Agam Berger, Gadi Mozes, and five Thai citizens arrive in Israel after being released by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. January 30, 2025.](https://b283bbfe.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/Untitled-design-1-1-768x512.png)
![[Clockwise from top-left:] Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, Karina Ariev, and Liri Albag meet with their families after being released from Hamas captivity.](https://b283bbfe.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/Untitled-design-1-768x512.png)
![[From left to right:] Emily Damari, Doron Steinbrucher, and Romi Gonen meet with their families after their release from Hamas captivity on January 19, 2025.](https://b283bbfe.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/Untitled-design-4-1-768x512.png)
