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A four-year-old American girl is safely in Israel after being released Sunday from captivity in Gaza, U.S. President Joe Biden said as he urged the pause in Israel-Hamas fighting be extended to allow for more hostage releases.

Abigail turned 4 last week while in captivity in Gaza. She was among 17 hostages released by Hamas and returned to Israel on Sunday.

A 7-year-old girl on her way to private lessons with her sibling was kidnapped by a gang in of Keralas Kollam district on Monday evening. The girl identified as Abhikel Sarah was abducted by a car-borne gang around 4:00 PM, reports said.

Hamas is expected to release one more batch of hostages, and Israel more Palestinian prisoners, under a 4-day cease-fire that Hamas says it would like to extend.

President Biden announced Sunday that a 4-year-old American Israeli citizen, Abigail Idan, was among the 13 hostages released Sunday from Gaza. “Two days ago, two days ago, one of our fellow Americans, a little girl named Abigail, turned 4 years old. She spent her birthday, that birthday … held hostage by Hamas. Today, she’s free,…

President Joe Biden confirmed Sunday that Abigail Edan, a 4-year-old American girl held hostage by Hamas after her parents were killed, was released as part of the cease-fire deal in the Israel-Hamas war and was “safely in Israel.” Biden said told reporters. Biden said he did not have immediate information on Abigail’s condition.

Another 17 hostages have been turned over to the Red Cross by Hamas, and President Biden says a US-Israeli girl whose parents were killed in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel is among...

Israel freed 39 Palestinians from prison and Hamas released 24 hostages from Gaza Fridayduring a temporary cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

Israel said the deal calls for the truce to be extended an extra day for every additional 10 hostages freed.

The family of Abigail Mor Edan hopes she will be released before her fourth birthday on Friday.