Hamas wants to release American citizens from the hostage of the American citizen of the hostage. The 21-year-old is the last remaining American spirit of the militant Palestinian group. On Sunday, Hamas had already announced the release “in the next 48 hours” – as a gesture of accommodation “to the United States.
The announcement of Hamas was preceded by negotiations with US government officials in Qatar. The government of US President Donald Trump said that Alexander’s release was “greatest priority”. The 21-year-old Alexander was born and grew up in New Jersey and served in the Israeli army when he was caught in the Hamas attack in Israel in October 2023. The American envoy Steven Witkoff has since arrived in Israel on Monday and will meet the government of the government of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu before the afternoon. Trump is also expected this week in the region – but not in Israel.
Chained and tortured
Free hostages have repeatedly reported the brutal methods of their seepage spirits. Just like others, Alexander would sometimes have been chained and tortured. In November 2024, Hamas published a video in which he cries unrestrained and calls Trump to stand up for negotiations on the release of the hostages.
No ceases -furen, no consideration of Israel
In the meantime, Netanyahu has excluded a ceasefire in exchange for the announced release of an American Israeli Hamas geisel. Neither a fire brigade nor an exchange of the hostages held in Israel with Palestinians, Netanyahu explained on Monday. The negotiations on an agreement to release all hostages that are still held in the Gaza Strip would take place “Under Fire”, he emphasized. Israel continues to prepare for an “intensification of the fighting,” the prime minister added.
“We are on critical days in which Hamas received a deal that would make the release of our hostages possible,” said it too. As a condition for a release of the remaining hostages, Hamas asks for a complete end to the Gaza war. Israel, however, continues to strive for the complete destruction of Hamas and wants it to no longer be in the Gaza Strip.
Source: Krone
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