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Elizabeth Tsurkov, Princeton Student, Is Released From Iraq, Trump Says

Israel and Iraq confirmed the release of Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Russian-Israeli graduate student at Princeton who was kidnapped in Iraq in 2023 by the militant group Kataib Hezbollah.

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Elizabeth Tsurkov, pictured in 2017, in Istanbul.
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Israel Attempts to Kill Hamas Leadership in Airstrike on Qatar, a Gaza War Mediator

The Gulf nation of Qatar has been trying to negotiate a cease-fire in the conflict. The attack threatened to destabilize those peace efforts.

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A damaged building after an Israeli strike targeted Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday.
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