Even though the freeing of 13 hostages doesn’t mean much except that we’re not like King David who freed all of his enemy’s hostages at once, there was a special feeling of elation at dinner tonight.  First of all some of the hostages were actually released, secondly, the likelihood of rockets was diminished for the evening.  

So it was like a party.  A break from the war.  

A call from a friend reminded me that the war is still terrifying –  her son is in Gaza and there is no phone connection.  But the hostages seem to look all right – so far.