Family Member of Youngest American Hostage Speaks Out: ‘We Are Praying for These Families’

This week, family members of Americans who were taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7 were in Washington, D.C., meeting with members of Congress and President Joe Biden to advocate for the release of their loved ones.  

“We still have people that need to come home,” Liz Naftali, a family member of one of the American hostages released in November, told CBN News. “That’s why I’m here.”

Naftali was part of a group that met with Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday. 

“They just listened and they were thoughtful and they were empathetic,” recalled Naftali. “And they then talked about their love for Israel, their support for Israel and their support to get these hostages back and basically, that this is their number one priority of this government.” 

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Naftali is the great-aunt of Abigail Idan, the youngest American hostage, who celebrated her fourth birthday while in Hamas captivity.  Abigail’s father was holding her in his arms when Hamas militants shot and killed him on Oct. 7 when they invaded Kfar Aza kibbutz in Israel where the family lived.  Abigail’s mother was

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