The father of freed American teen hostage Natalie Raanan said she's doing well following two weeks in captivity after she and her mother were abducted in Israel by Hamas and held in Gaza.
The long nightmare in captivity for two of the hostages taken by Hamas during its deadly surprise attack on Israel has ended, Israeli officials said.The father of freed American teen hostage Natalie Raanan said Friday she's doing well following two weeks in captivity after she and her mother were abducted in Israel by Hamas and held in Gaza.
Ben Raanan, Natalie's brother, said before her abduction he and his sister had spoken of getting matching tattoos to mark her birthday. Instead, he got a tattoo this week in her honor, incorporating their names along with their brother's name. They were the first hostages to be released since Hamas militants, according to Israel, abducted roughly 200 people during their Oct. 7 rampage."I am overjoyed that they will soon be reunited with their family, who has been wracked with fear," Biden said in Washington. The president spoke Friday with Judith and Natalie and "relayed that they will have the full support of the U.S. government as they recover from this terrible ordeal," the White House said.
Natalie was born in the U.S., moved to Israel with Judith until she was around 10 and then returned, her father said.
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