A senior US official tells our colleague, MJ Lee, that Abigail-Adon, that four-year-old dual-American, Israeli citizen, is now in the hands of Red Cross officials. The White House officials had been saying all morning that they were hopeful that at least one American citizen would be released by Hamas this morning. Now they do have confirmation that the Red Cross has Abigail-Adon. Abigail-adon has been held hostage for the past seven weeks. Her two parents were killed during the October seventh attack. She has two siblings who have survived. The White House has been working around the clock trying to get these American hostages home. She is the first American hostage that is being released as part of this four-day truce that is hoping to get at least 50 women and children out of Gaza.
Abigail Edan, the 4-year-old American dual citizen abducted by Hamas on October 7, has been released – marking the first ...