Biden meets 4-year-old Abigail Mor Edan, the youngest American hostage released by Hamas

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Biden meets 4-year-old Abigail Mor *****, the youngest ********* ******** released by ******

****** says 40 hostages can’t be located

Safety concerns for Gaza aid workers, ******* says ****** can’t locate 40 hostages

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Washington — President Biden on Wednesday met 4-year-old Abigail Mor *****, an ********* girl who was taken ******** by ****** after both her parents were ******* in the group’s Oct. 7 *******. 

The president met with Abigail at the White House, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. Her parents were ******* by militants when she was kidnapped. Her mother was shot in front of her and her father was gunned down using his body to shield her. 

A dual U.S.-******** citizen, Abigail turned 4 in captivity. She was held by the Gaza-based militant group for 50 days and was the youngest ********* ******** to be released.

Sullivan said meeting Abigail was a “reminder in getting to see her that there are still Americans and others being held ********.”

After the girl’s release in November, her aunt told CBS News the family was overjoyed to have her back, and was surrounding her “with love and care.” Abigail’s siblings, who were 6 and 10 years old at the time of the *******, survived by locking themselves in a closet, according to her family. 

Abigail ***** talks with her aunt Liron and uncle Zuli at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of ******* in Petah Tikva, *******, on Nov. 27, 2023.

Schneider Children’s Medical Center of *******/Handout via REUTERS

The president has called what Abigail endured “unthinkable.” 

“Thank **** she’s home,” Mr. Biden told reporters after the little girl was released. “I wish I were there to hold her.”

****** — long designated a ********** group by the U.S. and ******* — released a video Wednesday that appeared to show Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an ********-********* ********, delivering a long statement clearly crafted by the group.

There are five unaccounted ********* hostages who are presumed to be living, according to a U.S. official. All five are male.

Margaret Brennan contributed to this report.

Kathryn Watson

Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital based in Washington, D.C.

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