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Source: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-punch-in-the-gut-to-the-families-of-terror-victims/
A Punch in the Gut to the Families of Terror Victims
(Times of Israel) Sherri Mandell - The Koby Mandell Foundation was created in honor of our son Koby and his friend Yosef Ish Ran who were murdered by terrorists 24 years ago near our home in Tekoa. I just got a message from Chaya, one of the bereaved women we work with, who had just received a devastating phone call notifying her that the Palestinian killer of Erez Rond, her son, is about to get out of prison and be set free. She says that she felt like somebody had punched her in the gut, as if she was receiving the news of her son's murder again. Multiply the message that Chaya received by thousands. The hostages need to be released, and most of us are not naive about the price. We know that we cannot bear for our people to be hostages in Gaza, but we also know that the price we have to pay is unbearable. I'm glad that my son's murderers were not found. I would be terrified that I, too, would receive a phone call telling me they were letting out Koby and Yosef's killers. We are tired of being called on to bear the injustice of releasing the killers of our children.