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 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 ...

Washington — President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will meet with freed Hamas hostage Edan Alexander and his family in the Oval Office on Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline ...

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.

Edan Alexander, an American taken hostage during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, returned his hometown in Tenafly, New Jersey, on June 19, 2025. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images) ...

A welcome celebration was held for released American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander on Thursday afternoon in Tenafly, New Jersey.

Edan Alexander arrived in his hometown of Tenafly, New Jersey, on June 19. He had been held hostage by Hamas and was released on May 12.

Edan Alexander, an American who was taken hostage during the Hamas attacks against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, has finally returned to his hometown of Tenafly, New Jersey.