For the first time since the release Monday from Gaza of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander's by the militant group Hamas, his family spoke publicly about what their emotional reunion was like, and what their son went through.

Edan Alexander's release prompts hope that this is a "window of opportunity" to secure the release of remaining 58 hostages amid concerns over Israeli military operations.

Hostage Edan Alexander made his first social media post one day after he was released by Hamas on May 12 following more than 500 days in captivity.

Bishara Bahbah passed messages between Witkoff and senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad, and succeeded in convincing terror group to free the American-Israeli hostage unconditionally The post Palestinian-US political activist operated key backchannel in Edan Alexander’s release appeared first on The Times of Israel.