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(NewsNation) — The begetter of Edan Alexander, an American-Israeli hostage released by Hamas successful the spring, says the hostages present returning location should beryllium fixed immoderate clip to set backmost to surviving mean lives.
"In regards for the families, radical request to recognize that the hostages that we cognize truthful good for 2 years are not a nationalist property," Adi Alexander told "CUOMO" successful an quality connected Monday's show.
Monday marked the completion of the archetypal signifier of the ceasefire woody betwixt Israel and Hamas arsenic the remaining 20 surviving Israeli hostages held successful Gaza were released by Hamas.
The merchandise came aft Hamas agreed to the presumption of a ceasefire successful exchange for Palestinian prisoners past week successful an statement brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump. Israeli officials said Hamas retains galore of the 28 bodies of hostages who were killed successful captivity oregon during the Oct. 7 attack.
"They request to beryllium near alone, astatine slightest astatine the beginning,' Alexander said of the returning hostages. "They were successful the tunnels, successful the dark. And conscionable fto them be. Just fto them be. Be mindful. Kind of nary selfies. Just fto them beryllium for a mates of weeks. And I conjecture everything volition beryllium good now."
Returning hostages person resources they request to resume normalcy: Father
Alexander added that helium thinks the returned hostages and their families volition person each the resources they request for immoderate help.
He told Chris Cuomo erstwhile Edan was released, helium and the household were fixed "the full level successful a immense infirmary for ourselves for a full week."
"And it was each empty, lone for us, with the psychologists, with the professionals," Alexander said.
"Not truthful galore IDF members, lone a infirmary staff. And it went tremendously good the archetypal mates of days, up until Edan was released from the hospital."
Israel exiling astir released Palestinian prisoners with beingness sentences
Israel is releasing hundreds of detained Palestinians arsenic portion of the ceasfire, but astir of the 250 Palestinian prisoners serving beingness sentences volition not beryllium returning location and alternatively volition beryllium exiled to extracurricular countries.
At slightest 154 prisoners — astir of whom person been convicted for attacks connected Israelis — volition beryllium deported, according to authorities. It is inactive unclear wherever these prisoners volition beryllium sent.
The Israeli Ministry of Justice did not instantly instrumentality NewsNation’s petition for a deportation plan.
