{"id":114967,"date":"2025-05-13T09:03:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/05\/13\/watch-us-israeli-hostage-edan-alexander-has-emotional-reunion-with-family-following-release\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T09:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:03:47","slug":"watch-us-israeli-hostage-edan-alexander-has-emotional-reunion-with-family-following-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/watch-us-israeli-hostage-edan-alexander-has-emotional-reunion-with-family-following-release\/","title":{"rendered":"(WATCH) US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander has emotional reunion with family following release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Freed Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander reunited with his jubilant family at Reim military base on Monday evening, after being released by Hamas<\/p>\n<p>Footage reveals Israeli soldiers escorting Alexander to his waiting family, with his mother screaming and embracing him.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Hamas had transferred the Israeli soldier to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who transported him through the Kissufim crossing in southern Gaza back to Israeli territory.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu credited the soldier\u2019s release to \u201cour military pressure and the diplomatic pressure applied by President [Donald] Trump,\u201d noting the U.S. leader had reaffirmed \u2018his commitment to Israel\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas confirmed its military wing, the Qassam Brigades, had released Alexander, held in Gaza since October 2023, as part of mediation efforts toward a ceasefire, opening crossings, and delivering humanitarian aid to the enclave.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freed Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander reunited with his jubilant family at Reim military base on Monday evening, after being released by Hamas Footage reveals Israeli soldiers escorting Alexander to his waiting family, with his mother screaming and embracing him. Earlier, Hamas had transferred the Israeli soldier to representatives of the International Committee of the Red [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}