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Rachel Abrams

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The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

Then, a few months later, Ruby got a very different message.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

Some of the family members of the square have the answers that people like Ruby are dreading.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

They know that their relatives are dead, but they come here for different reasons.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

They come to support other people.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

They come out of a sense of solidarity.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

They come because they understand what it means to wait for these kinds of answers and to finally get them.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

Meanwhile, Karmit's mom was struggling more and more with her health, suffering from ailments related to her captivity.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

She steadily declined and passed away last year.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

The people here, the families, there are so many families who are anticipating having their loved ones returned.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

What does that feel like as somebody that also was in that position?

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

How do you think the country has changed?

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

And how much of that change is permanent?

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

And how much will go away when the war is over?

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

Coming up next, I speak with my colleague Isabel Kirshner on what the return of the hostages means more broadly for Israeli society and for the end of the war.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

We'll be right back.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

Isabel, thanks so much for talking to us.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

We are speaking at this moment when there are enormous scenes unfolding, not just where you and I are in Israel, but also in Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of people are going back to their homes and their neighborhoods, which have been largely destroyed, to try to figure out how to start rebuilding their lives.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

And

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

International journalists are still waiting for access to Gaza.

The Daily
Two Years Later, Israel’s Last Hostages Return

We're not allowed in there.