The American woman who became the first hostage to be sprung from Hamas hell said it was the “happiest day of my life” when she heard of President Trump’s landmark cease-fire deal that will free the remaining hostages.

But “survivor’s guilt” kept Judith Raanan, an Israeli native and American citizen who lives outside Chicago, from moving forward — and she fears how the other captives will fare after their years-long ordeal.

“For me, Oct. 7 is a day that stands still until all the hostages are released and this war is over,” the 61-year-old former life coach and counselor exclusively told The Post this week. “This is the moment we’ve been waiting and praying for.” 6

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Raanan was visiting the home of her 88-year-old mother in Kibbutz Nahal Oz along the Gaza border with her then-

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