Hamas Publishes Video of Hostage Edan Alexander Pleading for Freedom

The 3 1/2-minute video shows Alexander pleading for President-elect Donald Trump to negotiate for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip.

Relatives of Israeli hostage Edan Alexander speak during a demonstration by the families of the hostages taken captive in the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas calling for the hostages' release, near Kibbutz Nirim in southern Israel by the border with Gaza on Aug. 29, 2024 Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images

Hamas released a video on Nov. 30 showing Israeli American man Edan Alexander alive in Hamas captivity somewhere in the Gaza Strip.

Alexander, 20, was taken hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks across southern Israel.