The family of Edan Alexander approved on Sunday the publication of a Hamas propaganda video released a day earlier, which showed signs of life from the US-Israeli hostage soldier who has been held by the terror group since he was kidnapped on October 7, 2023.

The three-minute-long video was released by Hamas on Saturday. While the clip is not dated, Alexander stated in it that he has been held for 551 days, indicating it was filmed in the past week.

Israeli media outlets typically do not publish videos or images of hostages in captivity without the permission of their families.

In a statement almost certainly dictated by his captors in the Gaza Strip, a gaunt Alexander says in the video that he heard Hamas was ready to release him three weeks ago and that the government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “refused and left me here.”

“Tell me why, why am I not home with my friends, with my family?” Alexander asks in the video.

“President Trump, I really believed you would succeed in getting me out of here alive. Why did you fall for Netanyahu’s lies?” he adds in the propaganda clip released by Hamas. “Why am I still here?” he screams.

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Alexander hails Israeli citizens’ protests for his release, and asks of Israel’s leaders: “Why don’t you stop the war?”

“I really want to believe that this clip won’t be the last time that you see me alive. I really want to get back to the people of Israel healthy and intact. Please continue to demonstrate,” he urges. “Continue to do everything in your power…........

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