Trump to meet at White House with American hostage freed from Gaza

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and archetypal woman Melania Trump volition conscionable astatine the White House connected Thursday with Edan Alexander, the past surviving American hostage successful Gaza, who was released successful May.

“The President and First Lady person met with galore released hostages from Gaza, and they greatly look guardant to gathering Edan Alexander and his household successful the Oval Office tomorrow,” White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said successful a statement.

Alexander, present 21, is an American-Israeli from New Jersey. The worker was 19 erstwhile militants stormed his basal successful Israel and dragged him into the Gaza Strip.

He was released connected May 12 by the militant radical Hamas aft 584 days successful captivity. Alexander had been successful Israel since helium was freed until helium traveled past period location to New Jersey, wherever his household inactive lives.

He was among 251 radical taken hostage by Hamas successful the Oct. 7, 2023 onslaught that led to the Israel-Hamas war.

Trump successful March met with a radical of hostages who had been released earlier by Hamas.

Thursday's gathering comes up of a planed sojourn connected Monday to the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arsenic Trump pushes the Israeli authorities and Hamas to negociate a ceasefire and hostage statement and extremity the warfare successful Gaza.

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