Doron, a 31-year-old veterinary nurse, was abducted from her apartment in Kibbutz Kfar Az during a Hamas attack.
Last May, her sister Yamit Ashkenazi wrote an emotional letter through the Hostage and Missing Persons Forum, calling her “my sunshine.”
“I wish you could feel the energy we send you,” it said.
“I wish you knew at least part of the battle we are fighting here for your release. I wish you could experience it all. Love you, miss you, heartbroken, but still fighting for you.”
And in an earlier post, Doran was described as “the glue that binds all her friends together, sensitive and fun, always smiling and the first to offer help.”
She studied theater and film at school, and developed a love for animals that led her to become a veterinary nurse.
Speaking to the BBC in November 2023, Doran’s sister Yamit revealed the new tattoo. It said, “We shall rise as the sun,” but some of the sun’s rays were missing.
“They will be added when she is home,” she added.
