NORTH CAROLINA, USA — The wife of a North Carolina native who was abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 was released Sunday, along with two other Americans.
Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) announced that Adrienne "Aviva" Siegel, the wife of North Carolina native Keith Seigel, was released Sunday as part of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel.
The release marked the first successful release of an American hostage since the start of a truce between Israel and Hamas. In total, 17 hostages were released Sunday.
Her husband, 64-year-old North Carolina native Keith Siegel, is still a hostage.
Among the 17 people released on Sunday was a 4-year-old girl with dual Israeli-American citizenship whose parents were killed in the Hamas attack that started the war on Oct. 7.
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