Hamas announces that the fate of the Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander remains unknown-Liberation
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas announced that the fate of the Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander was unknown on Saturday, four days after having loss of contact with the group that holds it in the Gaza Strip. Edan Alexander, 19 today, served in an elite unit near the Gaza Strip when he was removed during the attack on October 7, 2023.
« We have managed to recover the body of a martyr (dead) responsible for ensuring the security of prisoner Edan Alexander, but the fate of the latter as well as the other jail fighters remains unknown »said Abou Obeida, spokesperson for the Ezzedine Al-Qassam brigades, army branch of Hamas, on his Telegram channel.
Tuesday April 15, The Ezzedine al-Qassam brigades had announced that he had « Lost contact » With the group holding Edan Alexander « After a bombing that targeted the place where they were. » « We continue to try to join them »said a message broadcast by the entity spokesperson. « We are trying to protect all (hostages) and to preserve their lives despite the brutality of the assault but their lives is in danger due to the criminal bombings led by the enemy army »he said on Saturday.
Edan Alexander is the only living hostage having American nationality still retained by Hamas, which broadcast a video of him on Saturday April 12. In the images, he addresses the camera and criticizes the Israeli government for not having yet obtained his release. The extract, broadcast by the Ezzedine al-Qassam brigades, lasts a little more than three minutes and shows it seated in a cramped room. Addressing the camera and clearly speaking under stress, he said that he wanted to go home to celebrate the holidays. Israel then celebrated the Jewish Passover which commemorate the liberation of the Jewish people of slavery which he suffered in Egypt.
« Our Edan, a soldier who immigrated to Israel and embarked on the Golani brigade to defend the country and its citizens, is still retained in captivity by Hamas », had said in the process his family, quoted in the press release from the hostage families forum. « So when you assumed yourself to celebrate Pessah (Jewish Passover, editor’s note), Remember that it is not a feast of freedom as long as Edan and the other hostages have not returned home ”, had she added. The family had not authorized the media to broadcast the video.
During the unprecedented attack perpetrated by Hamas against southern Israel on October 7, 2023, 251 people had been removed. Fifty-eights are still retained in Gaza, including 34 dead, according to the Israeli army.
