American hostage Edan Alexander released by Hamas after more than 580 days in captivity

Hamas released the past surviving American hostage Monday, aft helium spent much than 580 days successful captivity wrong the Gaza Strip. 

Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, volition beryllium received by a specialized Israel Defense Forces portion and is going to beryllium brought to an archetypal reception installation successful Re’im, wherever helium volition acquisition preliminary aesculapian and intelligence valuation by IDF Medical Corps personnel, an Israeli authoritative told Fox News. 

"The Al-Qassam Brigades person conscionable released the Israeli worker holding American citizenship, Edan Alexander, pursuing communications with the U.S. administration," Hamas said successful a statement. "This comes arsenic portion of the mediators’ efforts to scope a ceasefire, unfastened the borderline crossings, and let the introduction of assistance and alleviation for our radical successful the Gaza Strip."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that President Donald Trump "is warring to unafraid the merchandise of each American detained abroad" and "We won’t halt until this struggle is implicit and each our hostages are home." As quality dispersed of his release, a assemblage that gathered successful Alexander's hometown of Tenafly, N.J., erupted successful applause.

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US national Edan Alexander was taken hostage by Hamas connected Oct. 7 (Adi Alexander)

Sue Gelsey, the interim CEO of the Kaplan JCC connected the Palisades, told Fox News an estimated 3,000 had gathered successful downtown Tenafly, immoderate arriving arsenic aboriginal arsenic 5 a.m.

Trump, who is slated to depart Washington, D.C., connected Monday for visits to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, said anterior to Alexander’s merchandise that it was "great news." 

Israel said its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a gathering Monday with Trump’s peculiar envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. Netanyahu past called Trump contiguous and thanked him for his assistance successful securing Alexander's freedom.

Alexander’s household volition await him astatine the Re’im facility, accompanied by their assigned serviceman from the Missing Persons and Hostages Headquarters. After the archetypal reunion, Edan and his household volition beryllium airlifted to Ichilov Hospital successful Tel Aviv for continued care, the authoritative besides told Fox News. 

A assemblage successful Tenafly, New Jersey, Edan Alexander's hometown, cheers arsenic his expected merchandise draws near. (Fox News)

As an IDF soldier, Alexander besides volition beryllium provided with a broad enactment framework, including medical, psychological, and logistical assistance, facilitated by subject professionals. 

Hamas archetypal claimed connected Sunday that it would merchandise Alexander. 

Alexander’s parent Yael said connected Thursday that she was feeling "[s]uch sadness and agony not knowing what the destiny of your lad is.  

"I person not been capable to sleep. I americium stuck successful Oct. 7, adjacent though it’s been 580 days. I utilized to bask Mother’s Day truthful much. We would each spell to the metropolis to a peculiar restaurant, and I insisted the kids constitute maine letters connected this day. I person not been capable to observe thing since this nightmare began," she added. 

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Then President-elect Donald Trump is shown photos of Edan Alexander by his parent Yael Alexander astatine Ohel Chabad Lubavitch connected Oct. 07, 2024 successful New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Raised successful Tenaflym Alexander moved to Israel astatine 18 to unpaid for subject work successful the IDF’s Golani Brigade. He lived with his grandparents successful Tel Aviv and astatine Kibbutz Hazor, wherever helium was portion of a radical of lone soldiers. 

He was kidnapped connected the greeting of October 7 – a Saturday erstwhile helium wasn’t required to stay connected base. His parent was visiting from abroad, and similar galore lone soldiers helium had the enactment to spell location for the weekend. He chose to stay, not wanting to permission his chap soldiers short-staffed connected defender duty. 

Ayelet Samerano, the parent of hostage Yonatan Samerano, said Monday that the erstwhile time was Mother's Day, and however "[a]round the world, mothers celebrated with their children."

Israelis stitchery to ticker a unrecorded broadcast of Israeli-American worker Edan Alexander to beryllium released from Hamas captivity successful Gaza, astatine a plaza known arsenic the hostages quadrate successful Tel Aviv, connected Monday, May 12.  (AP/Oded Balilty)

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"But for maine – and the different mothers of the 59 hostages – it was conscionable different time of nightmare. Yes, I americium blessed for the Alexander family. They volition yet person their lad Edan back. I convey President Trump and Steve Witkoff for this progress," she added. "But President Trump – delight don't stop. This is lone the archetypal step. Do immoderate is indispensable to bring each past 1 home. The different 58 hostages person nary clip left. They are successful hell. The surviving could beryllium killed immoderate day. The deceased – their bodies could beryllium mislaid forever. They indispensable each travel home."

Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton and Stepheny Price contributed to this report.