An Israel-American former hostage has met US President-elect Donald Trump in Florida and urged him to do everything he can to free the remaining 100 captives held by terrorists in Gaza, according to a statement by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
Judith Raanan, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nahal Oz during Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught along with her 18-year-old daughter Natalie. Less than two weeks later, on October 20, the pair became the first to be released by Hamas.
Raanan gives Trump a painting of hers and tells him about the kidnapping and her time in captivity, according to the statement.
It adds that Raanan’s main message was that she trusts Trump and is asking him to do everything in his power to secure the return of all the hostages, the living and the dead.
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