Israel – Times of Israel, April 12, 2025
Clip is second sign of life from lone soldier since he was taken captive on Oct. 7; his parents say Passover ‘not a holiday of freedom’ until he and the other captives come home.
Hamas on Saturday evening published a propaganda video showing signs of life from hostage soldier Edan Alexander, as Jews gathered in Israel and across the globe to mark the Passover holiday and its theme of freedom.
The three-minute-long video is not dated, though Alexander states that he has been held for 551 days, indicating it was filmed very recently.
Alexander, a 21-year-old US citizen, is a lone soldier who was stationed near the Gaza Strip on the morning of October 7, 2023, when he was taken captive by Hamas terrorists along with 250 other hostages. Hamas killed over 1,200 people, mostly civilians, during that attack, which sparked the ongoing war that the Israeli military is fighting against Hamas in Gaza.
It is the second video Hamas published of Alexander. In November, Hamas released the first video of the hostage soldier.
