Hamas says details of agreement to release hostage Edan Alexander are being finalized

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11 May 2025, 9:53 pm

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Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

Yael (R) and Adi Alexander, parents of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, who is held in Gaza by Palestinian terrorists, walk back into the West Wing of the White House after talking to reporters on December 13, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

Unnamed sources within Hamas tell the Qatari Al-Araby channel that the final details of an agreement concerning the release of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander are currently being finalized.

Alexander is the only known American hostage still alive in Gaza.

The report comes shortly after an Arab official told the Times of Israel that Hamas is being pushed to release him unconditionally as a show of goodwill to US President Donald Trump, who is heading to the region this week.