Executive Branch

American Hostage Freed From Gaza Meets Trump at White House

Edan Alexander, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, was held hostage for 584 days.
American Hostage Freed From Gaza Meets Trump at White House
(L–R) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkof, former Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, President Donald Trump, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Oval Office at the White House on July 3, 2025. White House Handout via Reuters
Jackson Richman
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on July 3 met with Edan Alexander, an American who was held hostage in Gaza by the terrorist group Hamas. During the meeting in the Oval Office, Alexander said his treatment in captivity improved significantly after Trump’s election.

“They immediately took me to a new place—a good place,” Alexander told Trump of his Hamas captors.
Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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