The prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas will also include the 3-year-old American girl who lost her parents on October 7, according to a US official.
The three-year-old girl, Abigail, occupied the Israeli and American public opinion after she was arrested by Hamas, while her family was killed in the attack launched by the movement on October 7.
Hamas members arrested the American girl, Abigail Aidan, while she was hiding in her neighbor’s house in Kibbutz Kfar Azza. According to a US official speaking to CNN on Tuesday, Abigail will be part of the prisoner exchange deal that will take place soon between Hamas and Israel, as the White House has repeatedly stressed the need for her release.
Abigail’s father, Roy Aidan, was a photographer for an Israeli news site, and rushed out of his house in the early morning of Saturday, October 7, to capture the first images of the Hamas attack, particularly of gliders in the country’s skies . kibbutz.
When he realized the extent of what was happening, Roy fled to his home and found that Hamas members had already entered and that his wife, Smadar, was dead.
The couple’s three children, Michael, Amalia and Abigail, ran to their father, but when Hamas members approached them, Michael and Amalia ran into the house, while Abigail ran to the neighbors. His father, Roy, was shot and seriously wounded, and later died from his wounds.
Michael and Amalia, aged 9 and 6, hid for 14 hours in a closet in their home. They spoke to the security forces, who remained in telephone contact with Michael, asking him to close the door and not let anyone in until they arrived.
For her part, Abigail hid with her neighbor and her three children in a locked room of their house, while that family’s father went out to confront Hamas members. When he returned home later, his wife, his children and Abigail were missing.