Edan Alexander

For the first time since the launch of Gaza’s Monday of the American hostages-Israelí Edan Alexander’s By the militant group Hamashis family spoke publicly about how his emotional meeting was and for what his son happened.

At a press conference on Tuesday from the hospital in Tel Aviv, where his son is recovering, Yael Alexander said that the moment he hugged him “time stopped”, adding: “My beat returned synchronized with his.”

However, she also shared that during her more than 580 days in captivity, “every minute was a battle between hope and despair.”

She said the meeting also found the pain of learning that her son faced “daily fear, hunger, lack of water and terrible sanitary conditions.”

While he was stopped in underground tunnels, Edan Alexander heard deafening explosions, the whistles of the missiles and felt the earth trembling, he said.

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Alexanders asks for the launch of the remaining hostages

At the press conference, Yael Alexander said it was important to take home the remaining hostages. The extensive Alexander family held photos of those who were still in captivity.

Yael and her husband, Adi Alexander, thanked President Trump, with whom Edan Alexander spoke on Monday. However, neither thanked the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.

“Soon, Edan will be at home in the United States, in New Jersey, seeing his little brother play basketball, meeting with his friends in New Jersey. Now he is 21 years old, and those happy guys can also include a beer, but we will never forget the first beer he had on the roof of this same building since its launch,” said Adi Alexander.

Edan Alexander takes social networks for the first time

Edan Alexander created on Tuesday his first Instagram post of that moment, titling it, “Home Sweet Home”.

He wore a star of David, a necklace that Steve Witkoff gave him, a special US envoy to the Middle East. It belonged to the late son of Witkoff, Andrew.

The son of Witkoff, Alex, published in X that Edan is “a true warrior and the necklace is a powerful reminder of his strength, survival and pride in his Jewish inheritance.”

It is not clear when Alexander will return to the United States

Alexander grew up in New Jersey before moving to Israel. He was serving in the Israeli army on October 7, 2023, when he was kidnapped during the assault of Hamas to Israel.

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