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Bodies of Israeli hostages found. The Israeli military says its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages killed by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of Ms. Louk in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world, bringing to light the scale of the attack. The military on May 17 identified the other two bodies as 28-year-old Amit Buskila and 56-year-old Itzhak Gelerenter. A military spokesman said all three were killed by Hamas while fleeing the Nova music festival near the Gaza border. Israel says around 100 hostages are still captive in Gaza.

Israeli hostages’ families and Palestinians in Gaza are on opposite sides of the war yet on the same taxing emotional roller coaster. So how to maintain hope? As one interviewee put it, “We are all human beings at the end of the day.”