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The extremist group Hamas has said that he can release an American Israeli citizen held hostage for more than 19 months in the Gaza Strip on Monday.
US President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Monday that Israeli-American hostage Aidan Alexander will be released by Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. Hamas had earlier said that he would release Alexander. The announcement was made just before US President Donald Trump’s visit to West Asia this week. Trump’s visit to Israel is not planned. Alexander is an Israeli-American soldier who grew up in the US. Alexander was held hostage on October 7, 2023 during the attacks led by Hamas.
The extremist group Hamas has said that he can release an American Israeli citizen held hostage for more than 19 months in the Gaza Strip on Monday. This is a goodwill sign for the US Donald Trump administration, which can lay the foundation of a new ceasefire among the warnings. Israeli military Alexander was held hostage from his military base in South Israel on 7 October 2023 during Hamas’s cross -border attack. It was only after this attack that war broke out in Gaza. The expected release of Alexander will be the first after Israel broke the eight -week ceasefire with Hamas in March. Then he made a fierce attack on Gaza, killing hundreds of people.
Israel says that 59 hostage, including Alexander, are still in captivity, out of which about 24 are said to be alive and the rest have died. Many of the 250 hostages caught by Hamas -led extremists in the 2023 attack were released under ceasefire agreements. Trump said that the expected release is a step towards ending the war as expected. Hamas on Sunday expressed his intention to release Alexander.
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