After 16 months of war between Israel and Hamas, There are still five Americans who are held hostages in Gaza, but only one of them is alive. The Israeli American condemned Alexander, who comes from Tennafli, New Jersey, is the last alive American hostage in Gaza.
Although he spent most of his life in New Jersey, Alexander was born in Israel a few months before his parents moved to the United States, he said. The American Jewish Committee (AJC).
In many ways, Alexander grew up like many American children. He went to Tenafly High School, was a swimmer and loved New York Nix. All he had separated from most American teenagers was his repeated trips to Israel to visit the family and the fact that he spoke Hebrew at home.
After graduating from high school, Alexander decided that he would gather in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) instead of registration in the college.
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Edin Alexander, born in Tel Aviv and grew up in New Jersey, is being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. (The hostage family forum)
On October 7, Alexander, who was working in the Al -Jolani Brigade in the Israeli Defense Army, was the unit of pedestrians, he was running near Gaza when Hamas attacks began on Israel. The attacks are over 1200 Israeli dead and 251 hostagesIncluding Alexander.
Yael Alexander, the mother of Adan, narrated the day when he was disposed of in an interview with him recently with the “people of Qurna” from AJC. Yael was in Israel in early October 2023, and her family visited the hope of seeing Adan. On the morning of October 7, she spoke with Aidan, who said he sees “terrible things”, but assured her that he was safe. Then he took a hostage.
Yael says she spent days on the phone and visiting hospitals, in an attempt to find out what happened to her son after his phone call on October 7. Then the Israeli Defense Army informed her that her son had taken hostage.
On November 30, 2024, more than a year after the arrest of Alexander, Hamas released a video of Hebrew and Arabic. Alexander, like the other hostages who were forced to make videos of advertising, presented messages on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the elected president Donald Trump.
A few days after the video release, Uday Alexander, the father of Edin, spoke with “Fox & Friends First”, and called the movie “Very Emotional” and “annoying”. He said that it is the first time that they have seen a sign of life from their son since he was greeted as a hostage.
Yale, Uday and Mika Alexander, the Adan Alexander family, Israeli and Israeli -Israeli soldiers, an attack on Israel by Hamas, to take a photo during an interview with Reuters in Alexandrs' home in Tenafly, New Jersey, December 14, 2024. (Reuters / Stephen Spindle)
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Labor in Israel and the United States is fighting for his release over the past 16 months, but Alexander has not been included in the list of people who will be released in the first stage of the ceasefire deal.
American MP Josh Jotimir, DN.J, met with Alexander's parents, two voters, a few weeks after a graduate of the TENAFly High School took into account the hostage.
Jotimer said in a Statement on the meeting.
A woman reserves a picture of Alexander's hostage during the International Day of Unity and Prayer with the Mortgage Forum of Israel and missing families, which represents relatives of those who were captured by Palestinian militants in Hamas during the October 7 attack. (Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images)
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On the day 300 of Alexander in captivity, ruler Murphy elephantHe said dn.j. “We must see Adan to reunite them with his family and society as soon as possible.”
In addition to Alexander, the enthusiasm of the bodies of four deadly American hostages. Hamas released six other hostages on Saturday, compared to more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of the ongoing ceasefire deal with Israel. This is still the first stage of the ceasefire, and the second stage is expected to negotiate soon.
