The Raanans are from Chicago and had been visiting relatives in Nahal Oz, a farming community in southern Israel, when they were taken, according to their family.
"The two were handed over to the Red Cross and are “on their way out,” a source familiar with negotiations for their release said earlier on Friday.
They are being released on “humanitarian grounds” because the mother is in poor health, the same source said. The release was the result of negotiations between Qatar and Hamas."