Hostages forum says Edan Alexander’s release must be the start of a deal to free all 59

11 May 2025, 10:51 pm

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The Hostages and Missing Families Forum says that the release of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander in the coming days “must be the start of a single agreement that will return all 59 hostages.”

“There is only one moral, proper, and necessary agreement: the immediate return of all the hostages and the end of the war,” says the forum, which has long been calling for the government to agree to a deal that will return all the remaining hostages at once, rather than in phases.

“Now is the time to bring about a breakthrough in negotiations. The responsibility lies with the Israeli government,” it adds. “Nobody can be left behind.”