Israel confirms they received Judith and Natalie Raanan from Hamas at the Gaza boundary on Friday evening.

Hamas has released two US hostages who were abducted during the Palestinian group’s deadly raid on Israel this month.

Israel confirmed they had received mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan from Hamas at the Gaza boundary.

The pair were freed for “humanitarian reasons”, Hamas said.

US President Joe Biden said he was overjoyed at their release and confirmed he had spoken with the Raanans on the phone.

  • steventhedev@lemmy.worldEnglish
    423·
    1 year ago

    As of Friday, at least 32 American citizens had been confirmed dead this month in the Israel-Hamas conflict, while 10 remained unaccounted for, according to the US state department.

    I wanted to highlight this line just in case anyone thought they were the only two American hostages.