Edan Alexander was released on May 12 in what was characterized by Hamas as a goodwill gesture to Trump in the hope that he would coax Israel into subsequently agreeing to a deal to permanently ...

Edan Alexander, an American taken hostage during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, has returned his hometown in Tenafly, New Jersey on June 19, after he was released on May 12 in a deal.

Now 21, Alexander was captured by Hamas along with 250 others during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. He was held for 584 days in captivity before being released on May 12.

Edan Alexander, who has been released from captivity by Hamas, after he had been kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, embraces his brother as he reunites with his family ...

Alexander's mother traveled with Trump's hostage negotiator, Adam Boehler. His father and the couple's other two children arrived just minutes before Edan Alexander crossed into Israel from Gaza.

Alexander graduated from Tenafly High School before enlisting in the Israeli army and was serving on a base on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel and took him and 250 others hostage.

About a year after the US President and his parents prayed together at the Rebbe’s Ohel, former hostage Edan Alexander returns to the site.

Edan Alexander, who is believed to be the last living U.S. citizen held captive in Gaza, was handed over to Red Cross representatives in the enclave’s southern city of Khan Younis.

Alexander, now 21, moved to Israel at the age of 18 and joined the IDF. He was 19 years old and actively serving in the Israeli military when he was captured during Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack.

Alexander's mother traveled with Trump's hostage negotiator, Adam Boehler. His father and the couple's other two children arrived just minutes before Edan Alexander crossed into Israel from Gaza.