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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump and the archetypal woman volition big freed American hostage Edan Alexander astatine the White House connected Thursday.
Alexander, the past living American hostage successful Gaza, volition sojourn Washington, D.C., 2 months aft his merchandise arsenic Hamas considers a proposed 60-day ceasefire with Israel.
Alexander, present 21, is an American-Israeli from New Jersey. He was 19 erstwhile militants stormed his subject basal successful Israel and took him into the Gaza Strip. After 584 days successful captivity, Alexander was released. He returned to New Jersey past month.
Edan Alexander was reunited with household aft being released by Hamas. (Israel Defense Forces)
Edan Alexander was reunited with household aft being released by Hamas. (Israeli Defense Forces)
People ticker a unrecorded broadcast of Israeli-American worker Edan Alexander arsenic helium is released from Hamas captivity successful Gaza, astatine a plaza known arsenic the hostages quadrate successful Tel Aviv connected May 12, 2025. Alexander was abducted during the Hamas-led onslaught connected his basal connected Oct. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Hamas weighs 60-day ceasefire with Israel
Trump said Israel has already accepted the ceasefire deal, which helium called the "final" bid proposal.
"I hope, for the bully of the Middle East, that Hamas takes this Deal, due to the fact that it volition not get amended — IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE,” Trump wrote Tuesday connected social media.
While Hamas has fixed indications they are prepared to onslaught a woody connected a ceasefire if Israel ends the war, the satellite is waiting for a ceremonial answer.
Netanyahu to sojourn White House adjacent week
Trump volition host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, D.C., adjacent week for talks astir the wars successful Gaza and Iran, Netanyahu confirmed during a authorities code Tuesday.
“I americium owed to permission adjacent week for meetings successful the U.S. with U.S. President Donald Trump,” Netanyahu said, primitively successful Hebrew. “These travel successful the aftermath of the large triumph that we achieved successful Operation Rising Lion.”
Netanyahu’s sojourn comes aft Trump progressive the U.S. successful the Israel-Iran conflict with strikes connected Iranian atomic sites, past helped broker a ceasefire between the 2 Middle Eastern countries.
NewsNation's Anna Kutz and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
