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SvennoJ on 12 April 2025
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Qassam Brigades releases footage of Israeli American captive

The armed wing of Hamas has released a video showing captured Israeli soldier Edan Alexander who holds dual Israeli-US citizenship.

Alexander is seen sitting in a tiny space in the more than three-minute clip.

“We really think we’ll come home dead. There’s nothing to say, no hope,” he says.

In the video, captive Edan Alexander is seen speaking directly to the camera and criticising the Israeli government for failing to secure his release. Last month, Hamas announced it was willing to free Alexander if Israel moved into phase two of the ceasefire deal it signed in January. Israel accused Hamas of engaging in “psychological warfare”.

After the truce agreement expired without a new deal in March, Israel swiftly implemented a total blockade on the besieged Palestinian territory, leaving 2.3 million people on the brink of mass starvation. It then relaunched deadly attacks on Gaza on March 18, killing more than 1,500 people since – the majority children, women, and the elderly.


Hamas says captives’ fate ‘uncertain’ as Israel bombs Gaza

We’ve been reporting on the new Hamas video showing Israeli American Edan Alexander alive. In it, the captured soldier says he wants to return home to celebrate the holidays. Israel is currently marking Passover, a holiday commemorating the biblical liberation of Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

Alexander also criticises Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for failing to free him.

Earlier, Hamas said Israel’s intensified military action in Gaza endangers not only Palestinians but also the remaining captives. The renewed war not only “kills defenceless civilians but also makes the fate of the occupation’s prisoners uncertain”, Hamas said.



Israeli captive’s family call for return of all held in Gaza

Edan Alexander's family has released a statement via the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

“Our Edan, a lone soldier who immigrated to Israel and enlisted in the Golani Brigade to defend the country and its citizens, is still being held captive by Hamas,” the family said.

“When you sit down to mark Passover, remember that this is not a holiday of freedom as long as Edan and the other hostages are not home.”