Six Israeli women and seven children and teenagers among those released by Hamas late on Saturday; Palestinian crowds in West Bank cheer prisoners freed by Israel

The women of the Munder family, Ruti and Keren, knew that after everything that had already been taken from them, they could not afford to lose track of time.

So while they were held captive in Gaza with Keren’s nine-year-old son, Ohad, they counted the days as they dragged slowly into weeks and then a second month.

They always knew what day it was, and what the date was. They knew that they were there for 49 days. They were together the whole time.

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