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Friday, June 20, 2025
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Friday, June 20, 2025
Former hostage Edan Alexander returns home to New Jersey
Luke Tress is The Times of Israel's New York correspondent.
Former Hamas hostage Edan Alexander returns to his hometown of Tenafly, New Jersey, June 19, 2025. (Courtesy/Yoni Charash, Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
Edan Alexander, an American-Israeli who was released from Hamas captivity last month, returns home to jubilant crowds in New Jersey.
A video shared by the local branch of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum shows hundreds lining the streets of Alexander’s hometown of Tenafly. The crowd cheers, waves Israeli flags, holds signs that say “Welcome home,” and chants “Edan.”
Alexander drives through the crowd in the passenger seat of a black SUV, escorted by a police motorcade.
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