<p><span>US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced in a post on his Truth Social platform that Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who had been kidnapped in Iraq, has been freed.</span></p><p><span>“I am pleased to report that Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton Student, whose sister is an American Citizen, was just released by Kata’ib Hezbollah (MILITANT Hezbollah), and is now safely in the American Embassy in Iraq after being tortured for many months,” wrote Trump. </span></p><p><a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/414668"><strong>Read more</strong></a></p>

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<p><span>US President Donald Trump responded to Israel’s strike targeting Hamas leadership in Qatar.</span></p><p><span>In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump stated that the decision to attack in Qatar was made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and was not a decision of Trump’s.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/414667"><span><strong>Read more</strong></span></a></p>

<p>Emma Tsurkov, Elizabeth’s sister, responded to US President Donald Trump's announcement that her sister had been released from captivity in Iraq and wrote on X, “My entire family is incredibly happy. We cannot wait to see Elizabeth and give her all the love we have been waiting to share for 903 days.”</p>

<p>Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani confirmed that Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov had been released and said, “As a culmination of extensive efforts exerted by our security services over the course of many months, we announce the release of the Russian citizen, Elizabeth Tsurkov. We reaffirm, once again, that we will not tolerate any compromise in enforcing the law and upholding the authority of the state, nor will we allow anyone to undermine the reputation of Iraq and its people.”</p>