Tsurkov was taken by the Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah while on a research trip to Baghdad, according to officials. A senior U.S. official said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally thanked Trump for assistance that helped produce the release. “We cannot wait to see Elizabeth and give her all the love we have been waiting to share for 903 days,” she said in a family statement. Under President Joe Biden’s administration, the family said Washington offered limited help because Tsurkov was not an American citizen. Sources familiar with the case said a hostage negotiator from the Trump administration traveled to Iraq in February to press for her release.