Red Cross representatives heading for hostage handover site in Khan Younis to pick up Edan Alexander

By Emanuel Fabian

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12 May 2025, 5:50 pm 1 Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Hostage soldier Edan Alexander is seen in a propaganda video released by the Hamas terror group on April 12, 2025. (Courtesy)

Red Cross representatives are heading for a hostage handover site in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis to pick up Edan Alexander from Hamas, an Israeli defense official says.

Red Cross vehicles (right) enter Gaza en route to collect hostage Edan Alexander, as Israelis (left) await his release, May 12, 2025. (Channel 12 screenshot)

Alexander will be brought by the Red Cross to IDF special forces inside the Gaza Strip, and from there taken to a facility at the Re’im base inside Israel.

Livestream footage from Gaza shows the scene in Khan Younis, where the handover is to take place without a Hamas propaganda ceremony.