At a press briefing, President Trump said that Edan Alexander, a U.S. citizen held hostage by Hamas since October 7, 2023, will be released very soon.
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00:00And third, I'm very happy to announce that Edan Alexander, an American citizen who, until recently, most thought was no longer living, thought was dead, is going to be released in about two hours, actually.
00:18And he's going to be released before the eyes of Steve Whitcoff, who has done a fantastic job. I just, you know, I know a lot of people. They have a lot of talent. I know Steve had a lot of talent.
00:32But I know a lot of people with a lot of talent. But I had there's one that I thought had a special way about him, special personality, aside from being a good dealmaker, had a special way about him.
00:46And it was Steve knew very little about the subject matter. Who does? But he learned it in about two hours. And he's been fantastic.
00:55So I want to just thank Steve. But they're going to be releasing Edan in about two hours from now, or sometime today, let's say.
01:08And again, they thought he was dead just a short while ago. His parents are so happy. They're so happy.
01:13So it's, as you know, Edan's the only American citizen. It's captured and held hostage by Hamas since October 7th, 2023.
01:28And he's coming home to his parents, which is really great news. I mean, to me, it's big news. They thought he was dead.
01:36So that's that. So we'll be heading there and we'll be seeing three primary cut.