I was saddened by every hostage death. But this… this just hit me differently. It’s the fact that the world could look into the face of a literal baby, and collectively decide that someone so purely innocent was not human and deserved what happened to him all because of where he was born.
It’s the fact that the children’s father was released and did not know if his wife and children were alive, having hope that he would be reunited with them again.
So much pain and grief these past 500 days… but this, I feel like has pushed me over the edge.