Edan Alexander's release offers ‘window of opportunity’ for wider hostage deal amid Trump Middle East visit

American and Israeli officials judge the merchandise of Edan Alexander, 21, presents a "window of opportunity" to escaped the remaining 58 hostages inactive held by Hamas aft 585 days since their seizure connected Oct. 7, 2023. 

Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and hostage envoy Adam Boehler volition question from Israel to Doha, Qatar, connected Tuesday for further negotiations for the merchandise of not lone the 24 hostages inactive believed to beryllium alive, but besides the bodies of astatine slightest 34 individuals who person been held by the violent radical including 4 Americans: Itay Chen, Omer Neutra, and Gadi Haggai and Judi Weinstein Haggai.

In a nearly two-hour gathering with Witkoff, Boehler and the Hostages Families Forum, some officials emphasized that they stay committed to returning each hostages and confirmed they would not beryllium traveling to Doha if they did not judge determination was a existent accidental successful advancing negotiations. 

Edan Alexander, center, speaks with loved ones pursuing his release. (IDF)

AMERICAN HOSTAGE EDAN ALEXANDER RELEASED BY HAMAS AFTER MORE THAN 580 DAYS IN CAPTIVITY

While Alexander's instrumentality has been championed arsenic a large occurrence story, and some President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were reported to person spoken with the Israeli American from a infirmary successful Tel Aviv, immense interest remains implicit the hostages inactive held successful the Gaza Strip.

Though Israel ceased its subject operations successful the Gaza Strip to unafraid the harmless transport of Alexander connected Monday, it has not committed to immoderate continued cessation of strikes. 

In Witkoff’s comments to the families of the hostages, helium said President Trump would not "tolerate thing different than everybody coming home, and helium volition beryllium relentless successful that pursuit." He continued, "you saw what happened with the Houthis. You saw what happened erstwhile radical don't bash good with the United States, we don't bash truthful good with them. So it's a connection of bash what we inquire you to do. And you cognize past things volition beryllium better."

Israeli reports besides suggested the envoy whitethorn beryllium feeling frustrated with his Israeli counterparts.

"We privation to bring the hostages home, but Israel is not consenting to extremity the war. Israel is prolonging it contempt the information that we don’t spot wherever other we tin spell and that an statement indispensable beryllium reached," Witkoff reportedly said during the gathering with the hostage families.

"There is presently a model of accidental that we anticipation Israel and each the mediators volition instrumentality vantage of," helium was reported to person added. "We are putting unit connected each the mediators and doing everything we tin to bring the hostages home."

The comments reportedly travel pursuing reports that Trump has besides grown progressively frustrated with his Israeli counterpart. 

Edan Alexander acknowledgment President Donald Trump successful a handwritten connection pursuing his merchandise from captivity successful Gaza. (The White House)

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Israel said past week that Trump’s sojourn to the Middle East would beryllium "the model of opportunity" to unafraid a ceasefire different it would proceed with its recently announced plans to capture each of Gaza, contempt immense planetary pushback and concerns implicit quality rights abuses and violations of U.N.-established borders. 

The comments came aft Netanyahu prompted immense outcry aft helium said his fig 1 precedence was destroying Hamas, not returning the hostages, contempt absorption to the program by the bulk of Israelis. 

On Monday, Netanyahu reiterated his intent to "destroy" Hamas portion speaking with injured reservists and confirmed that adjacent if Hamas agrees to instrumentality the hostages, Israel volition proceed with its subject operations. 

People clasp posters of hostages during a rally to people the archetypal day of the Oct. 7 panic attacks connected Israel, connected Oct. 6, 2024 successful New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

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"In the coming days, we are going successful with afloat unit to implicit the operation. Completing the cognition means defeating Hamas. It means destroying Hamas," helium said. 

"It’s imaginable that Hamas volition say, ‘Time retired — we privation to merchandise 10 much [hostages].’ Fine, bring them. We’ll instrumentality them, and past we’ll spell in. But determination volition not beryllium a concern successful which we halt the war. There whitethorn beryllium a impermanent ceasefire, but we’re going each the way," helium confirmed.

Witkoff’s squad did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s questions.