(12 May 2025)
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Reim, Israel – 12 May 2025
1. Helicopter landing
2. Edan Alexander’s mother (wearing all black with brown bag) and others leaving helicopter
3. Edan Alexander’s mother and others boarding van
4. Van entering Reim camp
STORYLINE:
The mother of an American-Israeli soldier taken captive and held for more than 19 months in the Gaza Strip has arrived in southern Israel.
Edan Alexander is expected to be released Monday
Yael Alexander returned from the U.S. and was flown in a chopper from Ben Gurion airport to the base where her son is expected to arrive after his release by Hamas.
Edan Alexander was snatched from his military base in southern Israel during Hamas’ cross-border attack on October 7, 2023, which set off the war in Gaza.
His expected release would be the first since Israel shattered an eight-week ceasefire with Hamas in March, when it unleashed fierce strikes on Gaza that have killed hundreds.
His release is seen as part of a goodwill gesture for the Trump administration that could lay the groundwork for a new ceasefire between the warring sides
Israel says that, including Alexander, 59 hostages remain in captivity. Around 24 are believed to be alive and the remaining are deceased.
Many of the 250 hostages taken by Hamas-led militants in the 2023 attack were freed in ceasefire deals.
AP video shot by Alon Bernstein
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