{"id":108001,"date":"2023-10-21T17:05:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T15:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=108001"},"modified":"2023-10-21T16:21:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T14:21:09","slug":"30-05-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=108001","title":{"rendered":"White House takes credit for release of two hostages, as Hamas refers to \u2018fascist\u2019 Biden admin"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>White House takes credit for release of two hostages, as Hamas refers to \u2018fascist\u2019 Biden admin<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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The terror organization claimed that it was releasing the Israeli-American prisoners for \u201chumanitarian reasons.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Hamas releases Judith (second right) and Natalie Raanan, dual Israeli-American citizens who were being held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Hamas released two hostages, a mother and daughter, on Friday for what the terror organization referred to as \u201chumanitarian reasons.\u201d The terrorist organization that rules the Gaza Strip said its aim was \u201cto prove to the American people and the world that the claims made by Biden and his fascist administration are false and baseless.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

On Friday afternoon, U.S. President Joe Biden released a statement taking credit for the development, and thanking \u201cthe government of Qatar and the government of Israel for their partnership in this work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cToday, we have secured the release of two Americans taken hostage by Hamas during the horrific terrorist assault against Israel on Oct. 7,\u201d Biden stated. \u201cOur fellow citizens have endured a terrible ordeal these past 14 days, and I am overjoyed that they will soon be reunited with their family, who has been wracked with fear.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese individuals and their family will have the full support of the United States government as they recover and heal, and we should all respect their privacy in this moment,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The two discussed \u201congoing efforts to secure the release of hostages taken by Hamas\u2014including U.S. citizens\u2014and to provide for safe passage for U.S. citizens and other civilians in Gaza,\u201d per a White House readout.<\/span><\/p>\n

Netanyahu\u2019s office released a statement on Friday noting that \u201cJudith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan were released by the terrorist organization Hamas.\u201d The two were kidnapped on Oct. 7 when they were staying as guests in Kibbutz Nahal Oz.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hamas releases Judith (left) and Natalie Raanan, dual Israeli-American citizens who were being held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Gal Hirsch, coordinator for the captives and missing, the Israel Defense Forces and security forces received the mother and daughter \u201cat the border of the Gaza Strip, and the two are now on their way to a meeting point in an army base in central Israel, where their families are waiting to reunite with them,\u201d per Netanyahu\u2019s office.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe government of Israel, the IDF and the entire security apparatus will continue to do all they can, using any means available, to locate all those missing and bring home all the kidnapped,\u201d it added.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two hostages were held in the Gaza Strip since Hamas conducted its Oct. 7 cross-border invasion of southern Israel, resulting in the deaths of 1,400 people, with thousands wounded and recovering in hospitals throughout the Jewish state.<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of its terrorist activities that day, Hamas took as many as 200 men, women and children captive, dragging them to Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n

Biden<\/a>\u00a0and other world leaders have called for Hamas to release all of the captives immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n

The International Red Cross confirmed that the two were released.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli media identified them as Judith Raanan, 59, and Natalie Raanan, 17, who are dual Israeli-American citizens. Authorities have notified their family of their pending return to Israel via Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hamas reportedly freed the pair due to the mother\u2019s declining health.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hebrew-language media, citing Israeli officials, reported that Hamas released the hostages without any quid pro quo from Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe continued holding of hostages is a war crime,\u201d said an Israel-based group advocating on behalf of the families of captives. \u201cWe call on world leaders and the international community to exert their full power in order to act for the release of all the hostages and missing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Israel Defense Forces has informed 203 families that their loved ones have been kidnapped and taken to\u00a0Gaza<\/a>. The military also stressed that the situation is complex and some may have been killed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among the kidnapped are some 20 to 30 children and 10 to 20 people over the age of 60. Hostages include citizens of eight or nine countries in addition to Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday, Hamas released a video purportedly showing one of the Israeli abductees.<\/span><\/p>\n

French-Israeli woman Keren Shem, holds a picture of her daughter Mia, held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza, at a news conference in Tel Aviv called to press for her release (GIL COHEN MAGEN)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m\u00a0Mia Shem<\/a>, 21 years old from Shoham. Currently, I\u2019m in Gaza. I returned early Saturday morning from Sderot\u2014I was at a party. I was seriously injured in my hand,\u201d the woman says. She calls on Israel to \u201cget me out of here as soon as possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Shem was kidnapped while taking part in a\u00a0music festival<\/a>\u00a0in the desert near Kibbutz Re\u2019im, where Hamas gunmen also massacred at least 260 festival-goers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Families of the captives have expressed anger at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s\u00a0approval<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday of humanitarian aid deliveries of water, food and medicine to Gaza through Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n

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