Released by Hamas, American mother, daughter reunited with family in Israel
GAZA/EVANSTON, Illinois -Two newly freed American hostages, a Chicago-area woman and her teenage daughter, were reunited with family inside Israel on Friday as relatives celebrated back home in Illinois, nearly two weeks after Hamas gunmen abducted them and dozens of others near Gaza.
Reached by phone in Bannockburn, Illinois, outside Chicago, Uri Raanan, the teenager's father, said he spoke with his daughter by phone."She sounds very, very good, very happy - and she looks good." According to both Netanyahu and relatives, the mother and daughter were abducted from Kibbutz Nahal Oz during the surprise assault on southern Israel carried out from Gaza by Iranian-backed Islamist militants of Hamas on Oct. 7.
U.S. President Joe Biden thanked Qatar and Israel for their partnership in securing the Raanans' freedom. The president said on social media platform X he had spoken with the two by telephone, and posted a photo of them, apparently taken during that call. Hamas has previously described captives with"foreign" nationalities as"guests" who would be released when circumstances allow, without saying if that included Israelis with dual nationality.
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