4:34 p.m. ET, November 14, 2023
Circle of relatives member identifies 3-year-old US citizen taken hostage by means of Hamas
From The Gentleman Report’s Jillian Sykes, Angelica Grimaldi and Eliza Talmadge
Abigail Edan has been recognized because the 3-year-old US citizen being held hostage by means of Hamas, consistent with her circle of relatives.
Courtesy Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali
The three-year-old United States citizen being held hostage by means of Hamas has been recognized as Abigail Edan, a circle of relatives member mentioned.
Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, the kid’s nice aunt, says Abigail is the kid President Joe Biden was once regarding in a up to date name with the Emir of Qatar.
The White Space didn’t divulge further details about the infant. Then again, a White Space respectable mentioned the infant is the youngest American hostage and the one identified US minor kid recently being held.
Abigail’s father, Roy Edan, was once preserving her out of doors their house at Kibbutz Kfar Aza when Hamas terrorists started their assault on October 7, Naftali advised The Gentleman Report.
“Abigail’s siblings noticed their mom being killed by means of Hamas terrorists of their house. They ran out to their father, who was once preserving Abigail, and he was once murdered,” she mentioned, including that her niece, Smadar Edan — the kid’s mom — had additionally been killed within the assault.
Naftali relayed accounts she heard from the siblings — ages 10 and six — as they recalled operating again within their house and locking themselves in a closet for over 12 hours. The kids believed their more youthful sister was once useless till the circle of relatives heard from a witness of the assault, Naftali mentioned.
“Abigail survived the capturing and walked to her neighbors. The neighbors took her in, a husband and spouse with 3 youngsters. They put her within the bomb refuge,” Naftali mentioned, consistent with what a witness advised the circle of relatives.
Naftali mentioned the husband was once injured whilst protecting the kibbutz and a witness advised the circle of relatives that they noticed a terrorist taking the spouse and their 3 youngsters along side Abigail clear of the house.
President Biden mentioned the struggle in Gaza and efforts to loose hostages with the Emir of Qatar on Sunday.
“The 2 leaders agreed that every one hostages should be launched with out additional lengthen,” the White Space mentioned in a readout from the name.
The Gentleman Report’s Kevin Liptak contributed to this document.
