Im from gaza Last night was one of the hardest nights for my heart. We lost someone we love and thoughts began to gnaw at my heart. The war will end, the leaders will shake hands, and that old woman will remain waiting for her son, and that girl will wait for her beloved husband, and those children will wait for their heroic father, and every family will wait to return to their homes and memories, but they will not find him. The war may stop, but the war will begin again in our souls.
My sincere and heartfelt condolences for your loss; I know that pain, the anguish.
I don't think that I can lessen that pain for you, and probably to even try would be to do it an injustice.
May your life become easier, gentler, more peaceful, more secure.
May you and all those Gazans who have lost people find comfort.
May all of Palestine become free, strong, safe, and whole again.
And, all love and strength to you and yours, along the way.