A four-year-old girl survived the Hamas attack on October 7th. Shortly afterwards she was kidnapped to the Gaza Strip. Now she has been released – but she will never see her parents again.
The fate of a four-year-old American girl released by the Islamist Hamas moves the hearts of many people. The little girl had to witness the murder of her two parents before she was taken to the Gaza Strip. On October 7th, the then three-year-old was at home with her two siblings, aged 10 and 6, in a kibbutz on the border with the Gaza Strip when the Hamas terrorists invaded and shot the mother in front of the three children, according to US officials. Media reported. When her father placed himself protectively over his daughter, he was also shot. Her siblings survived because they hid in a closet, where they waited for 14 hours before being rescued, it was said.
Her little sister, who was initially thought to be dead, crawled out from under her father’s body and ran to a neighbor’s house, the Washington Post quoted a relative of the girl as saying. The terrorists grabbed the girl there along with the five-member neighboring family and deported them and many other civilians to the Gaza Strip. Last Friday the little one turned four years old in captivity.
Joe Biden on released Hamas hostage: “She experienced a terrible trauma”
“What she had to endure is unimaginable,” US President Joe Biden said after the girl became the first US citizen to be freed among hostages as part of the deal between Israel and Hamas on Sunday.
“She experienced terrible trauma,” Biden said. “What a joy it is to see her with us, but on the other hand it is also sad that she is returning to a reality where she has no parents,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “She has no parents – but she has a whole nation that embraces her and we will take care of her every need.”
The great-aunt and cousin said in a statement on Sunday that they had “no words to express our relief and gratitude,” according to the newspaper. The little girl will live with her siblings and with her aunt, uncle and grandparents in Israel, a relative was quoted as saying. Since Friday, 58 of the approximately 240 hostages held by Hamas have been released. The release of another ten hostages is expected this Monday.
Source: Stern
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