Posted on 12/30/2024 8:55:14 PM PST by nickcarraway
As Hanukkah dawns, a deal that could bring my grandfather and 99 other hostages home from Hamas captivity after more than a year of suffering may finally be within reach.
Every Hanukkah, my grandfather Shlomo Mantzur, a true handyman, was in his element as he crafted his own menorahs.
He always won the yearly menorah-making competition at his home of Kibbutz Kissufim in southern Israel. We used to call him the Light of the Family, with that big smile that would spread warmth wherever he went.
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Heartfelt prayers sent for all these hostages and their families. This has been horrifying and despicable.
It’s bad enough that it happened/is happening, but the people who act like the victims are the bad guys make it worse.
Good luck to him, but his grandfather doesn’t seem like someone Hamas would have bothered to keep alive.
Hopefully (prayers up) his handyman/carpentry expertise is valuable enough to his captors to have kept him alive. Such a terrible situation for the families and loved ones. I can’t even imagine dealing with not knowing.
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