It’s a sobering reminder of the brutality of the Hamas regime and that we should all be praying for Edan and all the hostages still waiting to return home.

Edan Alexander's father said he remains "optimistic" negotiators can extend the ceasefire deal. Twenty-two men remain in Hamas captivity, after the release of several hostages over the past month. The father of Tenafly's Edan Alexander,

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Over the course of that ceasefire, the two other living Americans, Keith Siegel and Sagui Dekel-Chen, were returned to Israel. But Alexander was not included in that hostage deal because he was a soldier — and there is currently no timeline for his release.

Washington coalesces around cautious sanctions relief for ne w Syrian government at U.N.

The families of hostages still in Gaza are struggling to maintain hope they'll see their loved ones soon as uncertainty swirls over the future of the fragile ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

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“This policy change creates insurmountable bureaucratic hurdles for volunteer organizations like ours,” Adi Vaxman, head of Operation Israel, a New Jersey-based charity that has provided ...

But both Israel and Hamas have accused the other of ... hostages who are still believed to be alive in Gaza — including New Jersey native Edan Alexander. The second phase is also supposed ...