First hostage freed from Hamas’ grasp thanks Trump’s cease-fire deal for ‘happiest day of my life’

UE, NATO, Politica externa

The American woman who became the first hostage to be sprung from Hamas hell said it was the “happiest day of my life” when she heard of President Trump’s landmark cease-fire deal that will free the remaining hostages. But “survivor’s guilt” kept Judith Raanan, an Israeli native and American citizen who lives outside Chicago, from moving forward — and she fears how the other captives will fare after their years-long ordeal. “For me, Oct. 7 is a day that stands still until all the hostages are