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Hamas releases American mother and daughter held hostage after Qatari mediation
Reuters ^ | 10/20/2023 | By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Enas Alashray

Posted on 10/20/2023 2:21:00 PM PDT by VanShuyten

GAZA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Two American hostages freed on Friday by the armed wing of Hamas were identified as Chicago-area residents Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan, who Israel said were en route to a military base in central Israel to be reunited with family. ……..

Hamas has said it took about 200 hostages during a deadly Oct. 7 rampage carried out from the Gaza Strip on communities and military bases in southern Israel, part of the bloodiest attack on the country since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

The Iranian-backed militia has said 50 more captives are held by other armed groups in the coastal Palestinian enclave. It said more than 20 hostages have been killed by Israeli air strikes, but has not given any further details.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chicago; gaza; judithtairaanan; msnbc; natalieraanan; raanan; shoshanaraanan; wot
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Why these two, and why now?
1 posted on 10/20/2023 2:21:00 PM PDT by VanShuyten
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To: VanShuyten

To hold off the ground troops.


2 posted on 10/20/2023 2:22:00 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: VanShuyten

So now we know why Biden sent them $100 million in “humanitarian” aid


3 posted on 10/20/2023 2:22:54 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: MNJohnnie

Any “aid” that goes to Palestinians goes to Hamas. That’s been happening for a very long time.


4 posted on 10/20/2023 2:24:06 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: MNJohnnie

funny that I dont remember the US sending humanitarian aid to Japan or Germany during ww2 !

Our government will NEVER learn


5 posted on 10/20/2023 2:38:06 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: VanShuyten

any bets on how many years until one or both of them suddenly convert to Islam?


6 posted on 10/20/2023 2:40:07 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: VanShuyten

Stalling they often call for a truce to rearm or to relocate. .


7 posted on 10/20/2023 2:44:54 PM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: VanShuyten

Those two were relatives of an MSNBC host who announced it on air. Maybe a PR move or maybe State Dept or IDF had a hand in their release.


8 posted on 10/20/2023 2:45:56 PM PDT by Missouri gal
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To: TornadoAlley3; VanShuyten

Correct. They release two as a gesture and expect a gesture in return. They want to trade hostages, it should be for humanitarian aid. Humanitarian for Humanitarian. Not hostages for peace.

I am glad they are alive and coming home. I pray more will soon. But I told my wife, sad as it is - and I don’t think Israel can openly say this - but they have to proceed as if every kidnap victim is already dead. Otherwise Hamas will play this game for weeks and months and either use it to regroup or hope that they can turn the sympathies their way in the interval.


9 posted on 10/20/2023 2:56:49 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: VanShuyten

Threaten to cut Qatar off the international financial system and all hamas will magically appear.


10 posted on 10/20/2023 3:04:01 PM PDT by Freest Republican (This space for rent)
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The International Red Cross confirmed that the two were released.

Israeli media identified them as Judith Raanan, 59, and Natalie Raanan, 17, who are dual Israeli-American citizens. Authorities have notified their family of their pending return to Israel via Egypt.

Hamas reportedly freed the pair due to the mother’s declining health.

https://www.jns.org/hamas-releases-two-american-hostages/


11 posted on 10/20/2023 3:06:05 PM PDT by FarCenter
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https://eyebrowsbyjudith.weebly.com/


12 posted on 10/20/2023 3:07:37 PM PDT by FarCenter
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Gonna have to sew Mom and kid up after what the feral savages did to them.


13 posted on 10/20/2023 3:14:57 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Inter arma enim silent leges! - Cicero )
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Gonna have to sew Mom and kid up after what the feral savages did to them.

I read that they were viciously tortured and raped. Guess Hamas let them go so they can kidnap fresh virgins. Hamas needs to be exterminated.

14 posted on 10/20/2023 3:22:55 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: VanShuyten

I don’t want to appear stupid but why has anybody made Iran an offer they can’t refuse?


15 posted on 10/20/2023 3:23:59 PM PDT by genghis (Cathinkngact only re check ason go after e puthatn 5nu0 inbbiedComlpln)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
Our government will NEVER learn

I slightly disagree. Dem VOTERS will NEVER learn (with rare exceptions). The politicians on the left have learned -- and they are on the other side.

16 posted on 10/20/2023 3:34:42 PM PDT by piytar (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit!)
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This is a politically motivated action by Qatar. Hamas's leaders live in Qatar, not Gaza. That puts Israeli and US attention on Qatar for harboring them.

The US announced special forces units are in Israel to help with rescue operations. A public announcement like that has never happened before. The US has two carrier groups building up off the coast of Gaza, when it is rare for the US to have two carrier groups in the Mediterranean. This could be the first time Israel and the US fight alongside each other, what every nation in the Middle East wants to avoid.

What this might accomplish is slowing down direct US involvement in Gaza and supposedly put some pressure on Israel. The more US and foreign hostages are released, the less US special forces have reason to go into Gaza. It also makes Qatar look a little better as a mediator.

In my mind none of this matters. Israel will act regardless of outside political maneuvering or what the press reports.

17 posted on 10/20/2023 4:17:57 PM PDT by Widget Jr (9/11 - 11/M - 10/7)
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To: VanShuyten

Joe Biden used the seal tactics he learned when at the US Naval Academy, at the same time he was tutoring Roger Staubach in how to be a Hall of Fame QB. He acquired the appropriate clothing and weaponry whilst on his brief mid-east visit....piloted a brand-new stealth helicopter to the hostage location, slit the throats of 163 Hamas guards, then spirited the two away in an 18-wheeler he stole.


18 posted on 10/20/2023 4:23:10 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: VanShuyten

No water or food for Gaza until hostages are released.


19 posted on 10/20/2023 4:51:30 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: VanShuyten

do a complete exchange

all the palestinian prisoners even the CAIR guy in the US prison

all of them for all of the hostages

then let loose the dogs of war


20 posted on 10/20/2023 5:07:43 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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