Trump prays for release of Oct. 7 hostages at Ohel Chabad Lubavitch in New York

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Former US president Donald Trump visits the Ohel Chabad Lubavitch in Queens, New York, where he places a note praying for the release of the hostages in Gaza near the grave of Rabbi Menachem Schneerson.

Trump also reads from the Jewish book of Psalms at Schneerson’s gravesite.

Trump is accompanied by the parents of American-Israeli hostage Idan Alexander.

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