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Hamas claims it lost contact with group holding Edan Alexander hostage - Jerusalem Post Staff

 

by Jerusalem Post Staff

Hamas kidnapped American-Israeli Edan Alexander on October 7, 2023 and has been held in Gaza since.

 

Illustrative image of Israeli demonstrators advocating for deal to release hostages, including Edan Alexander next to Hamas terrorists.  (photo credit: REUTERS/DAWOUD ABU ALKAS, REUTERS/STRINGER)
Illustrative image of Israeli demonstrators advocating for deal to release hostages, including Edan Alexander next to Hamas terrorists.
(photo credit: REUTERS/DAWOUD ABU ALKAS, REUTERS/STRINGER)

Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades has claimed they have lost contact with the group that is holding American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander following a direct strike at their location, their spokesman, Abu Obeida, said on Tuesday.

“We announce that we have lost contact with the team guarding soldier Edan Alexander following a direct Israeli bombardment targeting their location. We are still trying to reach them,” said Obeida.

“Be prepared, soon your children will return in black coffins,” Hamas said in a propaganda video published on Tuesday.

Hamas reportedly rejects ceasefire proposal

Earlier on Tuesday, Hamas reportedly rejected the Israeli proposal for a six-week ceasefire in Gaza, the BBC reported.

A Palestinian official told the British news agency that the proposal did not mention any end to the war nor Israeli troops leaving Gaza, which were Hamas’s key demands for a ceasefire in exchange for half of the remaining living hostages.

 A photograph of hostage Edan Alexander, outside a Jewish community center in Alexander’s home town of Tenafly, New Jersey, US. December 14, 2024.  (credit: REUTERS/Stephani Spindel)Enlrage image
A photograph of hostage Edan Alexander, outside a Jewish community center in Alexander’s home town of Tenafly, New Jersey, US. December 14, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/Stephani Spindel)

Edan Alexander Hamas video

Hamas released a video of Alexander right before the Passover holiday began in Israel on Saturday.

The terror group published the video as part of its ongoing efforts to carry out psychological terror.

Earlier, a teaser of the video was released by the group with the captions “Soon” and “Time is running out.”

In the video, Alexander blames the Israeli government and the American administration for “deserting” him in Gaza, saying, “I am collapsing physically and mentally.”

“Tell me why. Why am I not at home? Why am I filming my second video? Why?” Alexander asked.


Jerusalem Post Staff

Source: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-850211

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