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GoFundMeAn American mom and daughter who were kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas for two weeks were released and returned to Israel on Friday night, a spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office confirmed to The Daily Beast.Israeli authorities identified the women as Judith Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie, who were captured by Hamas during the Oct. 7 invasion. The spokesperson said Israeli officials received the mom and daughter—who live in Evanston, Illinois—at Israel’s bo

CNN cites a source who said that the women had been released on “humanitarian grounds” because the mother is in poor health

Remember when we were told that the election of Joe Biden would make Americans more safe? After all, the adults are back in charge of US foreign policy. Yeah, well. Not so much. The State Department j...

The mother of Mia Shem, seized by Hamas gunmen and held hostage in Gaza, has appealed for her immediate release along with at least 198 other hostages. "I'm begging the world to bring my baby back home," Keren Shem told reporters in Tel Aviv, holding up a picture of her French-Israeli daughter. The Islamist militant group released a video on Monday night, in which Mia Shem appeared with a wounded arm.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met for 40 minutes in Tel Aviv with relatives of German hostages held by Hamas and said the German government would do whatever it can to secure the hostages' release, the relatives told journalists on Tuesday. "We are getting out of this meeting a little bit more affirmed but still of course worried about our dear ones and the fate and safety of all the people being held hostage by the most barbaric, cruel human beings on this earth at the moment," said Gili Romann, brother of 35-year-old Yardan Romann, who was among the hostages.