Natalie Soshana Raanan, 17, was getting out of a car in the dead of night. Seconds later, his mother, Judith Tai, 59, did so. The two women were taken away by soldiers from Ezzedin Al Qassam, the Hama’s military arms. They are the two Americans released, according to Hamas, for humanitarian reasons.

A release that was announced on Friday via Telegram and verified in a matter of minutes by the North American Secretary of State, Antony Blinken.

A car and workers Red Cross They were waiting for them. As can be seen in the video located above these lines, both were saved and transferred to a military barracks Israeli where they were able to speak by phone with the president of their country, Joe Biden. Biden himself had previously warned Uri Raanan, the women’s father and ex-partner: “I just spoke with the president and I thank him for his concern (…) I haven’t slept for two weeks, but I have already spoken to my daughter and she is good,” he assured the media.

His neighbors in Chicago celebrated the news. However, the Government of USA Remember that there are still compatriots detained. Among the kidnapped there are up to 20 different nationalities. There are also those who do not even know if they are still alive. This is the case of the Spaniard Iván Illaramendi and his partner, of whom there are no clues from the Hamas attack in Israeli territory.