Alexander's mother traveled with Trump’s hostage negotiator, Adam Boehler. His father and the couple's other two children arrived just minutes before Edan Alexander crossed into Israel from Gaza.

Freed U.S.-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander sits between his sister Mika and his younger brother Roy in Israel, not long after being freed by Hamas after 584 days in captivity in Gaza.

Edan Alexander, an American taken hostage during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, has returned his hometown in Tenafly, New Jersey on June 19, after he was released on May 12 in a deal.

Alexander's mother traveled with Trump's hostage negotiator, Adam Boehler. His father and the couple's other two children arrived just minutes before Edan Alexander crossed into Israel from Gaza.

Alexander graduated from Tenafly High School before enlisting in the Israeli army and was serving on a base on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel and took him and 250 others hostage.

Alexander was 19 when militants stormed his base in Israel and dragged him into the Gaza Strip. He was among the 251 people taken hostage in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack.

Edan Alexander is shown, Thursday, June 19, 2025. as he sits in the passenger side of a an SUV that drives on Tenafly Road as some who came greet him are reflected in the window behind him.

Edan Alexander, who is believed to be the last living U.S. citizen held captive in Gaza, was handed over to Red Cross representatives in the enclave’s southern city of Khan Younis.

Alexander's mother traveled with Trump's hostage negotiator, Adam Boehler. His father and the couple's other two children arrived just minutes before Edan Alexander crossed into Israel from Gaza.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — For two days after Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander was released from 19 months of captivity in Gaza, he couldn’t eat anything.