Heartbreaking pictures show the first moments a 4-year-old Israeli girl was reunited with relatives after spending nearly 50 days as a Hamas hostage.
Abigail Edan, who was 4 years old in custody on November 24, was released Sunday night into the arms of her aunt and grandmother at the Hatzerim air force base.
He was one of 17 hostages returned Sunday – and the first American to be freed under a fragile temporary ceasefire agreement between Israel and the terror group.
A photo of the reunion posted Monday on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official X account showed the young girl wrapped in a blue and white blanket — the colors of the Israeli flag — as her smiling aunt hugged her.
More photos released by Schneider Children’s Medical Center show young Abigail beaming as she is surrounded by family, including her aunt Liron and uncle Zuli and her grandparents Eitan and Shlomit.
Emotional images show 4-year-old Abigail Edan, who was detained by Hamas for 50 days, reunited with her aunt Liron and grandmother Shlomit at the Hatzerim air force base. X/Israel PM
In one photo, Abigail, grinning from ear to ear, sits on her aunt’s lap and holds her hand while wearing a pink shirt that says “Love Smile Be” in the shape of a heart.
Abigail became a globally recognized figure during her arrest, symbolizing the depravity of Hamas for putting such young and innocent children in danger.
Hamas killed both of Abigail’s parents in front of her and her two siblings in their home in Kfar Aza kibbutz Oct. 7. Her aunt Liz Hirsch Naftali told NBC that the child’s father was shot dead as he held Abigal in his arms, falling on top of her as he died.
4-year-old Abigail in custody Nov. 24. Both his parents were shot dead by Hamas terrorists Oct. 7. AP Abigail was surrounded by family, including her grandparents Eitan and Shlomit, and her aunt Liron and uncle Zuli, at Schneider Children’s Medical Center. AP
He then crawled out from under his body, covered in blood, and ran to a neighbor’s house, where he took temporary shelter in their bomb shelter until everyone in the house was taken hostage a short time later.
President Biden, speaking to reporters from Nantucket on Sunday, said “Thank God he’s home. … I wish I was there to hold him.”
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