Biden meets with 4-year-old American who was held hostage by Hamas
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WKBN.com— President Biden met at the White House Wednesday with Abigail Edan, a 4-year-old who was held by Hamas in Gaza and was released last November as part of a hostage deal. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters the meeting was a moment of joy, as well as a reminder for Biden of []
Washington Examiner—Biden meets with 4-year-old American hostage released by Hamas last year. President Joe Biden met Wednesday with Abigail Edan, an American toddler abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and released in the first round of hostage exchanges between Israel and the terrorist group last year. Both of Edan’s parents were killed in the Oct. 7 attacks, and she was the youngest American citizen held hostage […]
www.theyeshivaworld.com—Biden Meets 4-Year-Old Former Hamas Hostage Abigail Edan. President Joe Biden met Wednesday with Abigail Edan, the 4-year-old American girl who was held hostage in Gaza for several weeks at the start of the war. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the White House meeting with Abigail and her family was “a reminder of the work still to do” to win […]
Newsweek—Terry Anderson, American Journalist Held Hostage for Years, Dies at 76. Terry Anderson, a Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press who was held hostage for nearly seven years in Lebanon during the 1980s, died on Sunday, his daughter Sulome Anderson told Newsweek.The ContextAnderson was born in Lorain, Ohio, on October 27, 1947. After graduating from high school, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps where he rose to the rank of staff sergeant and completed two tours during the Vietnam War, according to the AP.Following his military service, he studied at Iowa...