“I wish I were there to hold her.”She was the first American hostage to be released under terms of the cease-fire.
She ran to a neighbor’s home for shelter, and the Brodutch family — mother Hagar and her three children — took Abigail in as the rampage raged.
Before the cease-fire, the first hostages were released on Oct. 17 — Judith and Natalie Raanan, an American woman and her teenage daughter.
Political Cartoons View All 1265 ImagesAlong with Abigail, the Brodutch family was in the group, ranging in age from 4 to 84, released Sunday.
“Critically needed aid is going in and hostages are coming out,” Biden said.
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Kfar Azza, Gaza, American, Israel, Egypt, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, Qatar, Washington, Chicago