Edan Alexander, 21, is the last American citizen alive held by Hamas in Gaza. On Sunday, the Palestinian militant group said it would release it, a few days before President Trump will travel to the Middle East.
Who is Edan Alexander?
Mr. Alexander is an American Israeli dual citizen who grew up in Tenafly, NJ
In 2022, duration of his last year of high school, Hey joined Garin Tzabar, who prepares young people around the world to join Israel’s defense forces. He moved to Israel to serve in the army after graduating and was designed for the infantry.
Mr. Alexander was parked near the border with Gaza in September 2023.
How was the hostage of tasks?
Mr. Alexander was kidnapped the duration of October 7, 2023, an attack led by Hamas against Israel that ignited the war in Gaza. It was tasks of a small military post near the border with Gaza.
Last year, Hamas released a video or he.
An American Israeli friend of Mr. Alexander, Omer Neutra, who was serving in the same position, was also Hamas’ tasks.
In December, the White House announced that Mr. Neutra was killed on October 7 and that Hamas had its remains of legs from the attack. Hey was 21 years old.
How has Mr. Alexander responded?
Hiss’s parents, Adi and Yael Alexander, were born in Israel, and have two other children. They have stirred highly by the freedom of Mr. Alexander, meeting with officials and speaking in demonstrations.
“We live in an agony every day that passes without a child,” their parents wrote in a guest essay for the New York Times in September after the discovery of another hostage body, American Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg Polin.
On Sunday, the Alexanders traveled to Israel with officials of the Trump administration. In a statement, the family called his coming “The best imaginable gift.”
They also urged Israel’s government to negotiate the liberation of the recurring captives, saying: “It should not be hostage.”
