American-Israeli held hostage in Gaza for over 580 days sends message to Hamas: 'I’ll give you hell'

U.S.-Israeli national Edan Alexander, who was released from Gaza successful May aft being held hostage for 584 days, is erstwhile again wearing an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) azygous and stands acceptable to combat Hamas.

"I cognize the language, I cognize their culture, I cognize a batch of things astir these demons. I conscionable told myself there’s nary mode I’ll instrumentality this contiguous and enactment it aside. I person to usage it and instrumentality it," Alexander said portion speaking astatine the tract of the Nova euphony festival massacre.

"I wanted [Hamas] to spot I’ll ne'er break, and that I’ll instrumentality the favor. You gave maine hell? I’ll springiness you hell," helium added.

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Edan Alexander, an American-Israeli taken hostage during the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas onslaught connected Israel, returned to his hometown of Tenafly, N.J., connected June 19. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Alexander, a New Jersey native, besides said it was the archetypal clip since his merchandise from captivity that helium was successful azygous adjacent the Gaza border.

The erstwhile hostage was addressing a radical of implicit 1,000 Christian pastors, younker leaders, educators and societal media influencers, who are attending a week-long acme successful Israel, according to The Jerusalem Post. The event, known arsenic the Ambassador Summit 2025, included respective speakers, specified arsenic U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Dr. Mike Evans, laminitis of the Friends of Zion Heritage Center successful Jerusalem, meets with erstwhile Hamas hostage Edan Alexander. (Shlomi Amsalem)

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Emily Damari, Tal Shoham, Moran Stella Yanai, and Aviva and Keith Siegel, each of whom are erstwhile Hamas hostages, besides addressed the groups. The Times of Israel reported that the released hostages besides received the "Here Am I Award" from Mike Evans, laminitis of the Friends of Zion (FOZ) depository successful Jerusalem, 1 of the groups down the summit.

Alexander besides said helium would stock with the IDF accusation astir Hamas that helium gathered portion successful captivity.

Edan Alexander speaks with loved ones pursuing his release.  (IDF)

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In September, Alexander announced astatine an lawsuit for "Friends of the IDF" that helium intended to instrumentality to his subject service. He said the 584 days helium spent successful captivity were "the hardest days of my life. Days of struggle, symptom and separation from my family," The Times of Israel reported.

"Next month, God willing, I volition instrumentality to Israel. I volition erstwhile again, enactment connected the IDF uniform, and I volition proudly service alongside my brothers," Alexander said, according to The Times of Israel. "My communicative does not extremity with survival. It continues with service."

At the clip of his release, Alexander was the past surviving American national held hostage successful Gaza.