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Hamas’s armed wing published a video Saturday of an American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza since the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.
In the video, whose date cannot be verified, Edan Alexander addresses US President-elect Donald Trump in English and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Hebrew.
He calls on Israelis to put pressure on the government to secure the release of the hostages seized on October 7.
“This video has upset me, but beyond the hope it gives us, it shows how bad the situation is for Edan and the other hostages and how much they are crying out and hoping to be saved now,” his mother, Yael Alexander, said during a speech at a rally for the hostages in Tel Aviv Saturday evening.
Telling the crowd she had spoken to Netanyahu, she added: “You must keep your promise and free them. This state is strong enough to end the war and bring them all back, including my Edan.
