US EditionYazidi woman kidnapped by ISIS in 2014 at age 11 rescued from Gaza, reunited with family in Iraq
- A Yazidi woman kidnapped by Islamic State at age 11 and taken into Gaza has been rescued after ten years, thanks to a secret operation involving Israel, the US, and Iraq.
- Iraqi officials reported she was resting after reuniting with her family in northern Iraq.
- Silwan Sinjaree, chief of staff of Iraq's foreign minister, noted she is in good physical condition but traumatized from her captivity and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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Yazidi woman rescued from Gaza 10 years after ISIS kidnapping
A 21-year-old Yazidi woman who was kidnapped by ISIS in 2014 has been rescued from Gaza and reunited with her family in Iraq. The State Department said when the girl was just 11 years old, ISIS kidnapped her in Iraq, sold her, forced her to marry a Hamas fighter and then moved her to Gaza against her will. The rescue was a complex coordinated international effort involving Israel, the U.S., and Iraq to help the woman reunite with her family. “Th…
Yazidi Woman Kidnapped By ISIS When She Was 11 and Rescued By IDF in Gaza Is Reunited with Her Family
Fawzia Amin Sido (R) was kidnapped by ISIS in Iraq as a child in 2014 and was rescued by IDF after more than a decade. Image: Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fawzia Amin Sido was only 11 years old when she was kidnapped in 2014 by ISIS and subsequently trafficked to different locations in several countries. On Thursday, The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Sido’s rescue from Gaza, where she had been held captive by Hamas for years. Fawzia…
Abducted in Iraq by Daesh jihadists, taken to Gaza, the young woman was rescued after a secret operation lasting several months.
Twenty-one-year-old Yazidi Fauzíja Amín Sido was reunited with her family in Iraq after 10 long years spent in the Gaza Strip, where she was dragged by terrorists from the Islamic State as a child. Several countries participated in the operation to save her, but the situation was complicated by the current war conflict. After several failed attempts, a happy meeting finally took place.
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