In Tenafly, NJ, a crowd awaits the release of local son Edan Alexander from Hamas captivity
Alexander, 21, joined the Israel Defense Forces after graduating from Tenafly High School and was taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023
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Fast Forward Hamas and Trump say Edan Alexander to be freed from Gaza after US negotiates release
Alexander is the only remaining U.S. citizen among the living hostages held in Gaza
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Fast Forward In first Sunday address, Pope Leo XIV calls for ceasefire in Gaza, release of hostages
“I am deeply pained by what is happening,” Leo said in his first Sunday blessing as pontiff
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Fast Forward Freed hostage Emily Damari to Pulitzer board: Mosab Abu Toha is ‘the modern-day equivalent of a Holocaust denier’
Abu Toha’s social media posts disparaged freed and murdered hostages, which were included in an expose by a pro-Israel media watchdog
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Fast Forward Trump says only 21 hostages remain alive in Gaza: ‘3 have died’
'They said, well, only 24 are living, but now it’s 21. That was a week ago,' the president said
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Fast Forward Israel adopts plan to conquer and occupy Gaza, in a shift for war’s goals
Israeli military leaders say the plan could threaten the lives of the remaining hostages
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Fast Forward 10 freed Israeli hostages to participate in March of the Living
They will be joined by around 80 Holocaust survivors at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp site
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Fast Forward Ben Shapiro, Emily Damari among torch lighters for Israel’s Independence Day ceremony
Some Israelis have decried the inclusion of Shapiro, one of the most prominent conservative pundits in the United States
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