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Freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander gets joyful welcome home celebration in New Jersey
- Edan Alexander, a 19-year-old serving in the Israeli military, was taken hostage by Hamas during their October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
- Hamas seized about 250 hostages during the assault, leading to prolonged captivity and complex ceasefire negotiations that resulted in Alexander's release in May 2025.
- Following 584 days in captivity, Alexander was released and flown back to Israel before finally arriving in Tenafly, New Jersey, where a large community of Israeli expatriates warmly welcomed him.
- On June 19, 2025, hundreds cheered along Alexander’s motorcade route in Tenafly, waving Israeli and American flags, while a banner thanked President Donald Trump for his role in the release.
- Alexander’s release provided significant emotional relief to his local community, although Hamas is reported to continue holding 53 hostages, with the majority presumed dead since the October assault.
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Edan Alexander, freed from Hamas captivity after 584 days, feted on return home to New Jersey
(JTA) — Hundreds of people lined the streets of Tenafly, New Jersey, on Thursday to welcome home native son Edan Alexander, who survived 584 days of captivity in Gaza before being freed in May. Alexander graduated from Tenafly High School before enlisting in the Israeli army and was serving on a base on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel and took him and 250 others hostage. The last remaining living American citizen in captivity, he was fr…
Edan Alexander, freed from Hamas captivity after 584 days, feted on return home to New Jersey - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Hundreds of people lined the streets of Tenafly, New Jersey, on Thursday to welcome home native son Edan Alexander, who survived 584 days of captivity in Gaza before being freed in May. Alexander graduated from Tenafly High School before enlisting in the Israeli army and was serving on a base on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel and took him and 250 others hostage. The last remaining living American citizen in captivity, he was freed in a…
Edan Alexander returns to his home in the US: 'The nightmare is over'
The American-Israeli soldier who was released by Hamas as a tribute to Trump returned to the US with his mother on a rescue flight intended for diplomats; Hundreds of residents in Tenafly, New Jersey, awaited him with Israeli flags and yellow ribbons
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