'Our job is not done'

Dori Roberts was at the University of Texas on Friday stringing lights for a holiday light show when the news broke that three of his five relatives kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 would be coming home.

"We let ourselves rejoice and find those happy moments and let our heart, like, breathe a little bit and celebrate this moment," he said of the return of his cousin and her daughters. "But the next days we're back to the mission of making sure that all the hostages" are freed.

Roberts, who grew up in Israel and now lives in Leander, Texas, is still waiting for the release of two more family members taken in the attack that also left his aunt dead.

More than 200 hostages remain in Israel as another swap of militant-held hostages for Israeli-held prisoners is set for Monday, the last scheduled day of the truce that began Friday.

“We're very lucky, but our job is not done," he said. "We have a long way as a society, as a family, as a community to recover from Oct. 7."

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