holding back tears, the british families of hostages eli sharabi and 0ded lifshitz speaking publicly, of 0ded said that she is devastated. my father, 0ded, is 83 years old, has complex medical needs and is really not built for the conditions of being a hostage. the delegation have met with the british prime minister and a number of qatari officials. the meeting comesjust a day after israel confirmed that 31 of the 136 remaining hostages in gaza have been killed. when i was a child, i was scared of the dark. i was scared of the monsters in my wardrobe and the monsters under my bed. so i slept with a light on until i was eight or nine years old. since the 7th of october, i slept with a light on again. because when i was a child, i thought there were monsters in the world. on the 7th of october, i found out there were monsters in the world. the conflict in gaza was triggered by an unprecedented cross—border attack by hamas gunmen on the 7th of october, in which about 1,300 people were killed and 250 others taken hostage. since then, more than 27,000 people have been killed in gaza, accor