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Hamas releases Israeli-US hostage Edan Alexander
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This was my biggest fear my whole life, before captivity, during captivity,” she reportedly said. “And it happened to me after captivity, in my safest place.”
Edan Alexander, the last known living American hostage in Gaza, was released by Hamas on Monday, ending an 18-month ordeal that began with the militant group’s October 7 attack.
A missile strike near Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport and Israel’s airstrike on Yemen’s main airport forced more than a dozen airlines to suspend flights.
About 1,200 people in Israel were killed in the Hamas-led attacks that month and some 250 people were taken hostage, according to Israel. Kat Lonsdorf reported from Washington, D.C., and Daniel Estrin reported from Tel Aviv. Itay Stern contributed to this ...