The White Home denounced the harrowing hostage video of Edan Alexander launched on Saturday, calling it “a merciless reminder of Hamas’s terror.”
The disturbing hostage footage reveals the 20-year-old masking his face and crying. Alexander, who’s a twin American-Israeli citizen, was serving within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) when he was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists through the Oct. 7 assaults.
Within the footage, Alexander appeared gaunt and pale. The hostage defined that he had been a prisoner for over 420 days and delivered compelled messages to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President-elect Trump.
On Saturday, Nationwide Safety Council (NSC) spokesman Sean Savett stated that the White Home was conscious of the footage and is in contact with Alexander’s household.
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A lady holds a picture of hostage Edan Alexander through the International Day of Unity and Prayer with Israel’s Hostages and Lacking Households Discussion board, which represents the relations of these taken captive by Palestinian Hamas militants through the Oct. 7, 2023, assault. (Yuri Cortez/AFP by way of Getty Photos)
“The hostage video launched at this time of American-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander is a merciless reminder of Hamas’s terror in opposition to residents of a number of nations, together with our personal,” he stated.
“The struggle in Gaza would cease tomorrow and the struggling of Gazans would finish instantly — and would have ended months in the past — if Hamas agreed to launch the hostages,” Savette added. “It has refused to take action, however because the President stated final week, we’ve got a important alternative to conclude the deal to launch the hostages, cease the struggle, and surge humanitarian help into Gaza.”
Savett additionally promised that President Biden “will proceed to work across the clock” to safe the discharge of the hostages in Gaza.
Edan Alexander born in Tel Aviv and raised in New Jersey, is at the moment hostage by Hamas in Gaza. (Hostage Household Discussion board)
The discharge of the footage got here days after the IDF and Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terrorist group, agreed to a 60-day cease-fire in Lebanon. Whereas asserting the deal on Tuesday, Biden acknowledged Hamas’ unwillingness to launch its hostages.
“Far too many civilians in Gaza have suffered far an excessive amount of,” the president stated from the White Home’s Rose Backyard. “And Hamas has refused, for months and months, to barter a good-faith ceasefire and a hostage deal.”
Alexander’s mother and father, Yael and Adi Alexander, appeared on “Fox & Mates” final month to discuss their son. Through the interview, the New Jersey residents described a gathering they’d with President-elect Trump.
“I simply advised [Trump] about Edan, what sort of a Jersey boy he’s,” Yael stated. “I advised the president that folks that [were] rescue[d] in mid-November, noticed Edan contained in the tunnels, and so they advised me that he was talking with them, inform[ing] everybody that he is an American citizen.”
An Israeli soldier rides in a army automobile close to Israel’s border with Lebanon on Wednesday, Nov. 27. (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun)
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“He tried to calm everybody down and to say, ‘Pay attention, you are all civilians. You’ll be out quickly, very quick. Don’t fret about it.’ It gave us a number of energy to know that Edan was sturdy on October seventh, and he was comforting others,” she added.
Reuters and Fox Information Digital’s Bailee Hill contributed to this report.
