The mother of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander says she has been assured by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “conditions are ripe” for a hostage deal, just hours after Hamas released a video of her son begging the Israeli leader and US President-elect Donald Trump for his release.

The mother of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander says she has been assured by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “conditions are ripe” for a hostage deal, just hours after Hamas released a video of her son begging the Israeli leader and US President-elect Donald Trump for his release.

Edan Alexander grew up in New Jersey and was a soldier in the Israeli military when Hamas militants attacked on the morning of Oct. 7, 2023.

The White House condemned a video posted by Hamas earlier Saturday that showed an Israeli-American hostage visibly emotional and under duress while giving a statement, as the terrorist group continues to hold over 100 hostages taken during the Oct.

The Israeli prime minister's office released a statement saying that Netanyahu had "promised that Israel is determined to take every action to bring them back home, together with all of the hostages held by the enemy".

Hamas released a video showing Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, 20, pleading for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's help in securing his release. Alexander, abducted during Hamas's October 7,

New Jersey native Idan Alexander was featured in an eerie video posted by Hamas Saturday that suggested the days might be numbered for him and other remaining hostages taken by the terror group.