Trump says Princeton student Elizabeth Tsurkov freed after being held by Hezbollah for 2 years

Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Princeton student Elizabeth Tsurkov has been released by the Islamic militant group Hezbollah.

The president wrote in a Truth Society post inside the U.S. Embassy in Iraq that Tsurkov, a dual Russian-Israel citizen, was “just” released by Kata’ib Hezbollah and is now safe.

Members of the Palestinian Prisoner Commission held a rally outside the International Committee of the Office of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza City on July 17, 2023, asking the Iraqi government to include Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons in exchange for Israeli-Russian-Russian academic Elizabeth Elizabeth Tosurkov. (Photography by Majdi Fathi/Nurphoto via Getty Images)

She was kidnapped in a cafe in Karrada district of Baghdad In 2023, while conducting academic research for her paper, she was allegedly tortured within a few months.

Her sister is an American citizen.

“I will always fight for justice and never give up,” Trump wrote in the post. “Hamas, release the hostages now!”