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Today, December 15, 2025, Palestinian civil defense teams recovered the remains of more than 20 members of the Salem family. That’s what I read in the local news. But what I needed to know was this: When did Israel kill them? How long had they been buried under the rubble? After searching, I learned that the family was killed on December 18, 2023. TWO YEARS AGO. For two full years, their bodies remained trapped beneath the ruins. Among the victims were twin sisters, Aylol and Amal. They were only three years old. (I shared their photos). That massacre claimed the lives of more than 100 people. Efforts to recover additional bodies are still ongoing. Not on that day, nor on any day since, did I hear current or former presidents or prime ministers, their wives, their children, or their grandchildren express condemnation of this crime. I did not hear any of them call for the swift recovery of the bodies of this family. I did not hear any of them demand accountability for those who carried out this terrorist attack. I didn’t even hear them ask for the victims’ names, names that could have been honored, shared, and remembered on their social media accounts or mentioned at press conferences. I heard none of them.