Israeli-Russian graduate student freed after 903 days in Hezbollah captivity | US news
Elizabeth Tsurkov, Israel-Russian academician and Princeton student, was released after being kidnapped by Kata’ib Hezbollah and being under captivity for more than two years, Donald Trump said in an article on social media.
Eliz Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton student, whose sister is an American citizen, was released by Kata’ib Hezbollah (Militant Hezbollah) and now tortured for a few months, I am pleased to inform the US Embassy in Iraq, and that he would never give up now! Truthsocial post Tuesday.
Tsurkov disappeared in Iraq for months at the beginning of 2023 and was approved live in July 2023. He had Israel and Russian passports, and the Israeli government entered Iraq to conduct academic research on behalf of Princeton using Russian passport.
Israel said it was kidnapped in March 2023 by pro -Iranian militants in Baghdad. A video with Tsurkov was released on Iraq television in November that year. The conditions of release were not immediately clear. Press reports in May this year, the United States and Iraq with the release of Iraq, said he had discussed.
After Trump announced the publication of Tsurkov on Tuesday, his brother Emma Tsurkov – for a long time, the vocal defender for his brother’s freedom – – He wrote on x:
“My whole family is incredibly happy. We can’t wait to see Elizabeth and give him all the love we expect for 903 days.
