Judith Raanan and her daughter, Natalie, were in Israel celebrating the Jewish holidays and their grandmother’s birthday when the unimaginable happened. “I had minutes to prepare my beautiful ...

Judith Raanan, 59, and her teenage daughter, Natalie Raananan, 18, live in Chicago and were in Israel visiting relatives when Hamas launched its offensive on October 7.

Judith Raanan and her teen daughter Natalie were the first hostages released by Hamas in the weeks following the attacks. One ...

For Judith Raanan, a former Hamas hostage and Jalal Shehadeh, a Palestinian living in exile, the truce brings mixed emotions shaped by months of trauma and loss. Raanan and her daughter Natalie ...

An American-Israeli mother detailed her harrowing experience of how she and her daughter were captured by Hamas militants and held as hostages for two weeks before being released last year.

As news spread about the ceasefire, and the pending release of hostages, Judith Ranaan shared her story as a hostage of Hamas. “I was alarmed when I heard the Arabic voices getting closer to our ...

Natalie and Judith Raanan from Evanston are two of the hostages who were held by Hamas until they were released in October of 2023. Judith Raanan reflected on the ceasefire announcement.

Former hostage Judith Raanan met with President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, calling on him to "do everything to return the 100 hostages home," the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said.