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(NewsNation) — The parents of Edan Alexander, an American-Israeli hostage held by Hamas for 421 days, are urging contiguous enactment to unafraid the merchandise of their lad and different captives.
Hamas released a propaganda video Saturday showing 20-year-old Alexander alive, marking his archetypal impervious of beingness since being kidnapped during the Oct. 7 onslaught that killed implicit 1,000 Israelis.
“The premier curate is expected to support his soldiers and citizens, and you abandoned us,” Alexander said, mentioning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's caller $5 cardinal connection for the hostages’ return.
Edan's mother, Yael Alexander, told demonstrators successful Tel Aviv connected Saturday evening she was shaking upon seeing her son: "I didn't spot Edan for 421 days and to abruptly spot him alive, erstwhile helium cried, I conscionable wanted to clasp him."
The household is calling connected President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden to enactment unneurotic to negociate the hostages' release. They stressed the urgency, noting that 101 hostages stay successful captivity.
Edan Alexander, who volunteered for the Israel Defense Forces aft precocious schoolhouse successful 2022, was serving adjacent the Gaza borderline erstwhile captured. In the video, helium pleads for Trump to usage U.S. power to bring the hostages home.
The U.S. National Security Council condemned Hamas, stating the warfare successful Gaza could extremity instantly if the violent radical agreed to merchandise the hostages.
Currently, Hamas continues to clasp respective Americans, including Itay Chen, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Omer Neutra, Gadi Haggai, and Keith Segal. American Hersh Golberg Polin was killed during the archetypal attack.
Netanyahu has spoken with the Alexander family, suggesting conditions are close to negociate a hostage release.
“(Netanyahu) reassured maine and promised that now, aft reaching an statement successful Lebanon, conditions are close to escaped you each and bring you home,” Yael said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, who precocious returned from Israel, reported that Trump is determined to unafraid the hostages' state and supports a ceasefire that includes a hostage deal.
Trump has stated helium wants the hostages returned earlier his imaginable inauguration connected Jan. 20, informing that "Hamas volition beryllium paying a large price" if they are not released.
Israel’s retaliatory violative successful Gaza has killed much than 44,000 Palestinians, according to section wellness officials, who don’t separate betwixt civilians and combatants successful their number but accidental implicit fractional the dormant were women and children.
The Associated Press contributed to this reporting.
