Hundreds of people lined the streets of Tenafly, New Jersey, on June 19 to welcome home native son Edan Alexander, who survived 584 days of captivity in Gaza before being freed in May.

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 ...

PUBLISHED 7:41 AM ET May 20, 2025 TEL AVIV, Israel — For two days after Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander was released from 19 months of captivity in Gaza, he couldn't eat anything.

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.

According to Channel 12, Alexander conversed with the top Saudi diplomat in “fluent Arabic,” which he had picked up in Gaza during captivity, and told them about what he had experienced during ...

Tel Aviv (CNN) — Newly freed Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander provided new information about Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, confirming that he is alive but suffering from significant ...

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.

Danny Elgarat revealed his brother Itzik suffered fatal injuries under Hamas captivity, showing signs of torture including ...

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) ...