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Judith Raanan and her teenage daughter Natalie Raanan, were excited to travel to Israel to celebrate a relative's 85th birthday and the Jewish holiday season.Judith Raanan, left, and her daughter Natalie, after Natalie's high school graduation. 3:08 PM EDT October 20, 2023EVANSTON, Ill. — The father of freed American teen hostage Natalie Raanan says she’s doing well after her release Friday by Hamas.
Knowing Natalie may be able to celebrate her 18th birthday next week at home with family and friends feels “wonderful. The best news,” Uri Raanan said. They were the first hostages to be released since Hamas militants, according to Israel, abducted roughly 200 people during their Oct. 7 rampage. Judith and Natalie Ranaan had been on a trip from their home in the Chicago suburb of Evanston to Israel to celebrate the Jewish holidays, according to family members. They were in Nahal Oz, near Gaza, on Oct. 7 for Simchat Torah, a festive Jewish holiday, when Hamas and other militants stormed into southern Israeli towns, killing hundreds of people and abducting others.
“At the same time we hold our pain very deep,” said Hecht, who called for the other hostages to be released as soon as possible. “We need to continue besieging whoever we can and however we can, and praying for their release.”Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth expressed relief at news of the Raanans’ release while asking people to remember other families whose relatives were abducted.
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