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Freed U.S.-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander sits between his sister Mika and his younger brother Roy in Israel, not long after being freed by Hamas after 584 days in captivity in Gaza.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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.
In a post on his Truth Social account Monday, Trump called Alexander’s release “great news.” Alexander, 21, was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and grew up in New Jersey.