the kidnapped soldeirs bodies have been returned. Although they were pressumed to be dead, no one was sure, and no one was prepared to  be the one who killed the hope.

Noam is very emotionally involved in this story (as the entire country), I stopped watching the news with her, so she started reading the newspapers. I now have to shatter her innocence and explain to her how even though she was hoping, even though she  was holding her fingers crossed, even though we set places for them at the passover table, even though Udi (one of the soldiers) had just gotten married and his wife is young and pretty, even though it isnt fair and we didnt want it to be so – the worst has happened, and they are both dead. I spent the past few days lowering expectations for her, but in some ways she is so innocent, so childish. she knows that bad things can happen to good people, she just refuses to beleive it. so sad.