Hamas insists on American-Israeli hostage only in that case

The Hamas Terrorist Group said on Saturday that it would only be released Israeli-American Edon Alexander’s hostage when Israel implements an existing ceasefire agreement in the gas strip.

Alexander, 21 years old, is the last live American hostage in Captive in the gas strip.

Hamas’s high official told The Associated Press that the negotiation delay in the second stage of ceasefire should start the day of release and serve no more than 50 days. Israel should also stop the ban on the entry of humanitarian aid and leave the strategic corridor along the Gaza border with Egypt.

Hamas called it a “exceptional transaction” aimed at returning the truce, according to an official who talked to the AP, provided anonymity.

The World Day of Unity and Prayer at World Day of Unity and Prayer in the World Day of Unity and Prayer of Israel and Missing Families, represented by the relatives of those who are captured by Palestinian militants Hamas during the October 7 attack. (Photo by Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images)

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Hamas also demands the release of more Palestinian prisoners in exchange for hostages, the official said.

On Friday, Hamas agreed to release Alyaksandr together with the bodies of four other hostages after the transaction offered by the mediators. On Saturday, on Saturday, he was held captive for 526 days, stated for hostages and missing families.

Catars continue negotiations to set the next stage of ceasefire Israel-Homas, the first stage of which ended on March 1.

Managing Steve Witco, a special messenger Middle EastAnd the National Security Council said in a joint statement that “President Trump made it clear that Hamas would either immediately release or pay a serious price.”

Vitkof and Eric Treger, Senior Director of the National Security Council of the Middle East and North Africa, submitted the “Bridge” proposal to expand the ceasefire beyond Ramadan and Easter and allow the time to reconcile the fire for a permanent ceasefire.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to convene his ministerial team to receive a detailed report from the negotiating and decide on the next steps to issue hostages on Saturday.

On October 7, 2024 in New York in New York President Donald Trump. (Michael M. Santiago/Getti Image)

Meanwhile, a number of shares will be held in Israel on Saturday to demand that all other 59 hostages be released, hostages and disappeared families said. The main actions will take place in Tel -Vavve, Chara Hanegev, Karma Gat and Jerusalem.

Although he spent most of his life in New -JerseyAlyaksandr was born in Israel a few months before his parents moved to the US, the US Jewish Committee (AJC) reports.

After graduating from high school, Alexander decided that he could enlist the defense of Israel (IDF) rather than enrolled in college.

On October 7, Alexander, which served in the IDF infantry unit, the infantry unit, patrolled near Gaza when Hamas’s attacks on Israel began. The attacks ended with 1,200 Israelis killed and 251 hostages, including Alexander.

Hamas Terrorists occupy positions before leaving the hostage in Deir al-Bala, Central Gaza Strip, Saturday, February 8, 2025. (AP)

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Yael Alexander, Edon’s mother, told about the day he was taken hostage in a recent interview with “People of the POD” AJC. Jael was in Israel in early October 2023, visited her family and hoped to see Edon. On the morning of October 7, she talked to Edon, who said she saw “scary things” but assured her that he was safe. Then he was taken hostage.

On November 30, 2024, more than a year after Alexander was captured, Hamas released a video of Alexander, performed by Hebrew and Arabic. Alyaksandr, like other hostages that are forcing propaganda videos, provided reports of Netanyahu and the president at that time Donald Trump.

Fox News’ Yael Rotem-Kuriel, Trey Yingst, Rachel Wolf and Stephen Sorace, as well as the Associated Press contributed to this report.