Two American citizens who were being held hostage in Gaza have been released, Israel has said.
Judith Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter, Natalie Raanan, who were kidnapped during the Hamas October 7 attack on Israel, have been handed over at the border and are on their way to an Israeli military base to be reunited with family.
Judith and Natalie, from Chicago, were taken hostage while visiting relatives in Nahal Oz for Simchat Torah, a festive Jewish holiday that marks the conclusion of the annual reading of the Torah.
They were in the kibbutz of Nahal Oz, near Gaza, when Hamas – a proscribed terror group – and other militants stormed out of the territory into southern Israeli towns, killing hundreds and abducting 203 others.
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