A crowd gathered Monday in New Jersey to watch the expected release of Edan Alexander, the last living U.S. citizen kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, who has been held hostage for over 19 months. People are gathering in Tenafly,

Edan Alexander was 19 when Hamas militants stormed the Israeli military base where the American-Israeli from New Jersey was a soldier and dragged him into the Gaza Strip. Hamas released Alexander, the last living American hostage in Gaza,

Alexander, born in Israel and raised in New Jersey, joined the Israel Defense Forces after high school and was captured during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.