‘Remember my face’: US-Israel captive Edan Alexander thinks he will ‘come home dead’

CAIRO – 12 April 2025: Edan Alexander, the last living US captive held by Hamas in Gaza, conveyed a message of distress and frustration from captivity, stating that everyone has “lied” to him.

“We really think we’ll come home dead. There’s nothing to say. No hope,” soldier Alexander said while talking in Hebrew in a new video released by Hamas on Saturday.

In the video, Alexander appeared visibly angry, expressing clear disappointment and struggling to hold back tears.

“I really want to believe that I will return home safe and sound to celebrate holidays and have fun with you,” Alexander said.

MESSAGE TO TRUMP

He addressed Trump during the video, blaming him for listening to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Netanyahu’s lies.”

“President Trump, I had believed that you would succeed in getting me out of here alive. Why did you fall victim to Netanyahu’s lies?”

“Why am I here today? I suffer from nightmares at night. Everyday I hear my mother’s voice, my father’s voice, and my little brother’s voice. Everyday I hear their voices. It’s as if they are asking: Why am I here?”

“I am collapsing because of this disgusting world and disgusting world and disgusting Israeli government”

“Everyday, I see that he (Netanyahu) controls the country like a dictator”

“I am collapsing physically and mentally”

“Everyone lied to me: my people, the Israeli government, the American administration, the army and everyone else”

HAMAS OFFER

Alexander blamed the Israeli government for turning down an offer by Hamas last month to release him.

Hamas announced in mid-March that it has agreed to free Alexander hand over the bodies of four other dual nationals based on a proposal from mediators.

Netanyahu called Hamas’ offer “manipulation and psychological warfare” and resumed the war in Gaza a few days later, shattering a ceasefire that led to the release 38 captives held by Hamas, 30 of them alive.

Israeli captive Omer Shem Tov kisses the head of a fighter from Al Qassam as he was released in a prisoner-captive swap under the Gaza ceasefire deal, Feb. 22, 2025 - Hamas

US special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff also dismissed the proposal, accusing Hamas of “making demands that are entirely impractical.”

“Three weeks ago, I heard that Hamas were ready to release me,” Alexander said during the video. “However, you refused and left me here!”

KEEP DEMONSTRATING

Alexander called on his people in Israel to continue their demonstrations and “keep doing everything you can.”

“I remember Yair’s words: Our time is running out, and it really is,” he said in apparent reference to captive Yair Horn who was freed on 15 February as part of the broken captive swap and ceasefire deal.

“Every day, I think the bombing is getting closer to our heads, and this is really difficult. We are losing hope”

“This video is of me, and this is my face. Try to remember it!”

GAZA WAR

Hamas continues to hold 59 captives, with at least 22 believed to be alive, insisting that negotiations are the only way for Israel to recover its captives.