Danielle in the centre is seen here whilst in captivity.

The original handwritten letter by Danielle can be seen below:

It reads as follows:

“To the generals who have accompanied me in recent weeks, it seems we will part ways tomorrow, but I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your extraordinary humanity shown towards my daughter, Emilia.

You were like parents to her, inviting her into your rooms whenever she desired.

She acknowledges feeling like all of you are her friends, not just friends, but truly beloved and good.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the many hours you spent as caregivers.

Thank you for being patient with her and showering her with sweets, fruits, and everything available even when it was not.

Children should not be in captivity, but thanks to you and other kind people we met along the way, my daughter felt like a queen in Gaza…

In general, she acknowledges feeling like the centre of the world.

She hasn’t met anyone on our long journey, from the rank and file to the leadership, who didn’t treat her with gentleness, affection, and love.

I will forever be a prisoner of gratitude because she did not leave here with a lifelong psychological trauma.

I will remember your kind behaviour, granted here despite the difficult situation you were dealing with yourselves and the severe losses you suffered here in Gaza.

I wish in this world we could truly be good friends.

I wish you all health and well-being… Health and love to you and your families’ children.

Many thanks.

Danielle and Emilia”

The hostages are like gold to the Palestinians – they need them to exchange for the many Palestinians held without charge and reason and to have the ceasefire extended – which means it is reasonable to presume that there is no danger to the hostages from the Palestinians. It would be easy to disregard this as mere propaganda – but is there more to this than we are being told by the mainstream media?

A critical point to keep in mind is that all the hostages that were taken were either from Kibbutz or from the music festival for peace – both in which where there would be moderate and peace loving Israelis – those who believe in living side-by-side with an equally sovereign Palestinian state.