John Kirby, the National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, revealed that President Joe Biden helped work out a pause to clear the way for Hamas to release two Evanston women held hostage, Judy Raanan and her daughter, Natalie.
The adult niece of an Elgin city council member along with her British husband and their five children crossed safely into Egypt Thursday after having been trapped in southern Gaza since Hamas Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Trapped in Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, the niece of Elgin City Council member Carol Rauschenberger now has hope that Wednesday s opening of the Rafah border from southern Gaza into Egypt could soon have her on her way home.
An Elgin native and her family including five young children are among hundreds of Americans trapped in southern Gaza apprehensively awaiting the chance to escape through the sealed Rafah crossing into Egypt.
An Elgin native and her family including five young children are among hundreds of Americans trapped in southern Gaza apprehensively awaiting the chance to escape through the sealed Rafah crossing into Egypt.