CHICAGO — A mom and daughter from Evanston visiting circle of relatives in Israel had been reportedly taken hostage by way of Hamas, in line with the circle of relatives’s rabbi.
Judith Tai Raanan and her 17-year-old daughter Natali, a up to date graduate of Deerfield Prime Faculty, traveled to Nahal Oz., Israel, close to the Gaza border, to have a good time a relative’s eighty fifth birthday and Jewish vacations on Monday, Sept. 2.
The circle of relatives’s rabbi informed WGN-TV that the Israeli govt contacted Judith’s sister in Israel and Natalie’s dad in Illinois with affirmation the 2 had been taken hostage by way of Hamas. It’s now not identified the place they’re being held.
“A neighbor witnessed them being led out of the home by way of Hamas militants and from there we don’t know,” Natali’s brother Ben Raanan stated. “It nonetheless doesn’t really feel actual. It sort of feels like at any minute I’m going to get a textual content from Natali and she or he’s going to mention, ‘Oh foolish me, I didn’t fee my telephone.’ There’s an amazing quantity of melancholy, however there’s additionally an amazing quantity of hope.”
The Hamas militant staff attacked the group in Israel the place they had been staying just about every week in the past, the Israeli govt showed.
Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders 1 million to evacuate as floor assault looms
Hamas, the militant staff that controls Gaza, introduced assaults over the weekend in opposition to Israel, which precipitated a counterattack from Israeli forces.
Counterattacks from Israel have destroyed neighborhoods in Gaza — house to greater than 2.3 million Palestinians.
The Hamas are reportedly maintaining as many as 150 other folks hostage following the weekend attack on Israel.
