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Saturday, April 12, 2025
PM speaks with Edan Alexander’s parents, cites ‘tremendous efforts’ to free him and other hostages

Yael and Adi Alexander, the parents of hostage soldier Edan Alexander, outside the White House on July 25, 2024, in Washington. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks by phone with the parents of hostage Edan Alexander after the Hamas terror group releases a video with signs of life from the American-Israeli lone soldier.
“The prime minister told the family he empathizes with their pain and updated that currently tremendous efforts are taking place to return Edan and the rest of the hostages,” says a statement from Netanyahu’s office.