American hostage Edan Alexander says she has been assured by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “conditions are ripe” for a hostage deal, just hours after Hamas released a video of her son begging the Israeli leader and US President-elect Donald Trump for his release.

Hamas' armed wing published a video Saturday of an American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza since the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. In the video, whose date cannot be verified, Edan Alexander addresses U.

White House National Security Council Spokesperson Sean Savett responded to a video released by Hamas on Saturday where an Israeli-American hostage spoke about the horrors of life as a captive for more than 420 days.

Hamas released a propaganda video Saturday showing the 20-year-old Alexander alive, marking his first proof of life since being kidnapped.

Edan Alexander grew up in New Jersey and was a soldier in the Israeli military when Hamas militants attacked on the morning of Oct. 7, 2023.

Palestinian militant group Hamas published a video of an Israeli-American hostage from New Jersey on Saturday.

In comments likely dictated to him, the 20-year-old US citizen addresses the Israeli PM and US president-elect directly, begging for release; family allows media to publish video The post In Hamas propaganda video,

The Hostage Family Forum said video is "proof that despite all the rumors - there are living hostages, and they are suffering greatly."