President Donald Trump has welcomed Edan Alexander, a former Hamas hostage who spent nearly 600 days in captivity before being released in May 2024, to the White House. Alexander, a dual citizen of Israel and the United States, was abducted during the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel while serving in the Israeli military.
Yael Alexander and Adi Alexander, the parents of Edan Alexander, at home in Tenafly, N.J., last year.