Abigail Edan, 4, is symbol of hope after ‘terrible trauma’

Last Friday, Abigail Edan turned 4. The little girl spent her birthday in captivity, held hostage by Hamas.

On Oct. 7, she watched her mother, Smadar, get shot and killed by Hamas militants who broke into their home. Her father was shielding her but was gunned down moments later. She crawled out from under his body and sought refuge at a neighbor’s house. But militants found her there and took her hostage along with the family of five living next door, her relatives said.