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‘Great news!’ Trump hails pending release of hostage Alexander

By Nava Freiberg 12 May 2025, 1:52 pm Edit

Nava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.

US President Donald Trump calls the expected release of US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander by Hamas later today “Great news!” He claims Alexander, who has appeared in Hamas propaganda videos, had previously been thought dead.

“Edan Alexander, American hostage thought dead, to be released by Hamas,” the president writes on his Truth Social account, after Hamas announced that it will release Alexander, the last living American hostage among the 59 held by the terror group, at an unspecified time today.

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