# Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked US president Donald Trump for helping to secure the release of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander from Gaza. Hamas handed the 21-year-old, the last known living American hostage in Gaza, to the Red Cross on Monday. He was serving in an elite infantry unit on the border with Gaza when Hamas captured him during the 7 October attacks. Trump has credited his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, with helping secure the release of Alexander.
Netanyahu thanks Trump for helping to secure the release of an Israeli-American hostage