Who is Edan Alexander, the Israeli-American hostage that Hamas will launch? | EUROtoday

On May 11, 2025

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LE Hamas introduced that he was going to launch Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American hostage of 21 years kidnapped on October 7, 2023, as a part of an effort to attain a cease-fire settlement in Gaza.

“Edan Alexander will be released in the context of the efforts made for a cease-fire, the opening of passing points and the entry of aid and help to our people” within the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Islamist motion stated in an announcement this Sunday, with out specifying the precise date of his launch. It is the final American hostage nonetheless alive.

According to the New York TimesEdan Alexander was born in Tel Aviv, however grew up within the metropolis of Tenafly, New Jersey (United States) with Israeli mother and father and due to this fact owns the Double Native Israeli nationality. After highschool, as an alternative of returning to school, he went to Israel to interact within the military and joined the Golani brigade. He was eliminated by Hamas whereas he had been used close to Gaza for over a 12 months. At the time, he was 19 years outdated.

His mother and father, Yael and Adi Alexander, who had no information from him because the morning of the assault, shortly after 7am, discovered every week after he was a part of the hostages. “I sent him SMS, again and again, but nothing passed,” his mom informed CNN. They due to this fact multiplied the forwards and backwards between Washington-where they notably met President Biden-and Israel.

“A positive step”

On April 12, Hamas broadcast a video through which Edan was seen alive, however had introduced just a few days later to have misplaced his mark following an Israeli assault which might have killed his jailer.

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The latest announcement of his launch is due to this fact a aid for his household and the United States, which have been making an attempt for a number of weeks to barter his launch and the repatriation of the stays of 4 others of his nationals: Judih Weinstein and her husband Gadi Haggai, Omer Neutra and Itay Chen.

The American particular envoy, Adam Boehler, informed Reuters on Sunday that it was “a step forward positive” and confirmed that he additionally requested Hamas to “restore the bodies of four other kidnapped Americans. According to him, the arrival of President Donald Trump in the Middle East this week would have helped to accelerate negotiations. “The arrival of the president within the area was helpful, as is the work carried out on this subject by the Secretary of State (Marco) Rubio and (the Special American envoy) Steve Witkoff”.

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