Israeli-Russian Graduate Student Elizabeth Tsurkov Who Was Kidnapped in Iraq Has Been Freed, Trump Says

 

Israel – Times of Israel, Sept. 09, 2025

US President Donald Trump announces that Elizabeth Tsurkov, the Israeli-Russian researcher who was taken hostage in Iraq two years ago, has been freed.

“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,” Trump posts on Truth Social.

“I will always fight for JUSTICE, and never give up. HAMAS, RELEASE THE HOSTAGES, NOW!”

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