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 ...

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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 ...

Evanston mother Judith Raanan, 59, and her 18-year-old daughter, Natalie Raanan, were held for nearly two weeks and became the first hostages released by Hamas following the group’s Oct. 7 ...

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.

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 ...

Uri Raanan said he believes Natalie and Judith to be in transit to Tel Aviv to reunite with relatives, and that both will be back in the U.S. early next week. An Israeli army spokesperson said the ...

Early in the war, Hamas released four hostages — two Israeli American women, Judith Raanan, then 59, and her daughter, Natalie Raanan, then 17, and two Israeli women, Nurit Cooper, then 79 ...

Judith Ranaan was held hostage by Hamas for two weeks and spoke about the ceasefire Wednesday evening in Cooper City. “I will believe it when I see it,” she said. “I am waiting until the ...

On Thursday, Hamas released three Israeli hostages as part of the ceasefire deal, along with the five Thai nationals. On ...

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., whose district includes Evanston where Judith Raanan lived, said it was a “critical step” toward permanently ending the war. “The U.S. and our allies must ...

Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan, US citizens who were taken as hostages by Palestinian Hamas militants, walk while holding hands with Brig.-Gen. (Ret.) Gal Hirsch ...