“We don’t see any deal coming soon and we see the despair of the other families,” rescued hostage’s uncle says.

“South Africa has become a leading voice for terror,” says the director of the Institute for the study of Global Antisemitism and Policy.

Josef Avi Yair Engel’s father survived the Nazi genocide and his grandson recently spent 54 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza.

Former US presidential candidate says the administration “has been anything but supportive of Israel.”

“There’s no other choice when dealing with a terror group whose goal is to eliminate Israel,” says Minister Gila Gamliel.

Hagay Lober, who son Elisha Yehonatan was killed in action in Gaza, says they are hijacking the captives’ cause to try to bring the government down.

The families asked for guarantees that the negotiation teams have the tools and the leverage to bring their children home by Passover.

According to the Israel Democracy Institute, Knesset trust ratings presented the sharpest decline, falling from 24% in June to 19% in December.

Some find normalcy easier than others.

“On Oct. 7, there was no Shabbat, no kiddush or havdalah. I did not pray, because this is what was needed. It was my mitzvah,” said United Hatzalah volunteer Eli Rott.