It’s been 458 days since the October 7, 2023, inhuman massacre of 1200 people in Israel by Hamas terrorists, and kidnapping of 251 people, 100 of whom are still being held in captivity in Gaza. Especially for those most directly impacted, it’s been 458 days of unimaginable terror, pain, abuse, loss, grief, and suffering. But all of Israel has been experiencing trauma since, something that I describe as Present Traumatic Stress Disorder. For most of us, Post Trauma is still far off.

Today a step toward that may have been taken. Media outlets are reporting on a list of 34 hostages to be released as part of a proposed deal with Hamas has been published, with claims that this is the list Israel has insisted on as the first hostages to be released as part of a “deal” that is in the works, and claims that Hamas has approved the list. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has disputed this reporting, but it nevertheless continues to be a primary topic of discussion in Israeli media.

The list reportedly includes two children, 10 women, 11 older men, and 11 men aged under 50. It includes Israeli Jews, Arabs, and foreign nationals. The list includes the beautiful red-headed boys Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who were kidnaped together with their mother when Kfir was just 10 months old and Ariel two.

As I write, I am glued to the TV, following the latest developments and speculation, which is happening at the same time as the........

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