Abigail Edan: 4-year-old American girl freed by Hamas, President Biden confirms

The president of United States, Joe Bidenannounced on Sunday the release by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas of a 4-year-old American hostage named Abigail. “She is free and she is already in Israel,” she said in a speech from the state of Massachusetts (northeast of the United States).

Abigail was taken hostage on October 7 by members of Hamas during their surprise attack on targets Israel.

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“He has suffered a terrible trauma,” lamented Biden when referring to Abigail, whose parents were killed by Hamas militants when they attacked Israeli targets on October 7. On Friday in captivity, he turned four years old, the president said.

“Today, she is free, and Jill (Biden) and I, along with so many Americans, are praying for her recovery.”he pointed.

Besides, Biden He stressed: “We continue to press and hope that more Americans will also be released.”

Hamas He had taken some 240 hostages in his lightning action in October. In many cases it is unknown whether they are alive or dead.

Biden said Hamas has released a total of 58 hostages during the current ceasefire.

The White House had indicated that there were 10 Americans – seven men, two women and little Abigail – who are missing or presumed in the hands of Hamas.

Biden faces great pressure to secure the release of Americans detained in Gaza.

Although he has personally participated in the negotiation process, his main rival in the 2024 presidential race, the magnate and former Republican president Donald Trump (2017-2021), blamed his government’s poor leadership for the lack of releases of American citizens.

“There is only one reason for this: THERE IS NO RESPECT FOR OUR COUNTRY OR OUR LEADERSHIP,” Trump wrote Saturday on his network, Truth Social.

Besides, Biden stated this Sunday from Massachusetts that he wants the truce between the government of Israel and Hamas to be extended, which was due to expire on Monday.

“My goal and ours is to ensure that this pause continues beyond tomorrow so that we can see more hostages released and more humanitarian aid” delivered to the territory of the Gaza Strip, he said. Biden.

The three-day truce “is producing life-saving results,” he added. Biden in reference to the release of hostages and the entry of humanitarian assistance.