Uri Raanan of Illinois told The Associated Press that he spoke to his daughter Friday by telephone."She's doing good. She's doing very good," said Uri Raanan, who lives in the Chicago suburbs."I'm in tears, and I feel very, very good."
The family's text message chain sharing updates on Friday moved from tentative hope to outright celebration, tempered by an awareness than other families still are living in fear for their loved ones, Ben Raanan told The Associated Press at his home in Denver. An Israeli army spokesperson said the two Americans were out of the Gaza Strip and with the Israeli military. Hamas said Friday it released them for humanitarian reasons in an agreement with the Qatari government.
Uri Raanan said late Friday in a short news conference that he spoke with his daughter for only a few emotional minutes and that they didn't talk about what she and her mother experienced in the past two weeks. He said Judith has a minor injury he described as a"little scratch" on her hand. Natalie was born in the U.S., moved to Israel with Judith until she was around 10 and then returned, her father said.
Their family had heard nothing from them since the attack and were later told by U.S. and Israeli officials that they were being held in Gaza, Natalie's brother has said.
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