Hamas says he will release his latest American hostage
Hamas, the Palestinian armed group, said on Sunday evening that he would freed the last living American citizen held prisoner in Gaza, a few days before President Trump should arrive in the region for the first great foreign tour of his second term.Khalil Al-Hayya, Hamas' main negotiator, said in a statement that Hamas had agreed to free the hostage, Edan Alexander, 21 years old, after the talks with the United States. He did not say when Mr. Alexander would be released or what Hamas expected to receive in return.Raised in Tenafly, in New Jersey, Mr. Alexander, a double Israeli American citizen, moved to Israel to serve in the army after high school. During the attacks led by Hamas on October 7, 2023, the Palestinian militants kidnapped him from the military place where he was statione...