ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Former hostage Judith Raanan met with President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, calling on him to "do everything to return the 100 hostages home," the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said. 

Raanan was the first hostage to be released from Hamas captivity in October of last year.  

During their meeting, Raanan told Trump about her experience in Gaza captivity.

Raanan expressed her trust in the President-elect, asking that he do everything in his power to bring every hostage home – the living and deceased.

Judith and her daughter Natalie, both Israeli-American citizens, were kidnapped from Nahal Oz on October 7 and were released on October 20.

Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan, US citizens who were taken as hostages by Palestinian Hamas militants, walk while holding hands with Brig.-Gen. (Ret.) Gal Hirsch, Israel's Coordinator for the Captives and Missing, after they were released by the militants.
Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan, US citizens who were taken as hostages by Palestinian Hamas militants, walk while holding hands with Brig.-Gen. (Ret.) Gal Hirsch, Israel's Coordinator for the Captives and Missing, after they were released by the militants. (credit: Government of Israel/Handout via REUTERS)

'Bring everyone home'

Within minutes of their return to Israel, President Joe Biden called to congratulate them on their return.

"The work has only begun,” Raanan responded, “We must bring everyone home immediately."