Hundreds of people lined the streets of Tenafly, New Jersey, on June 19 to welcome home native son Edan Alexander, who survived 584 days of captivity in Gaza before being freed in May.

Alexander will return to Tenafly on Thursday after spending nearly 600 days in Hamas captivity. CBS News New York's Christian Fan has the details.

TENAFLY, N.J. — Edan Alexander, an American-born Israeli soldier and believed to be the last living American hostage held in Gaza, has returned home to New Jersey. Hundreds of cheering ...

Yael and Adi Alexander, parents of freed Israeli-American hostage Eden Alexander, who was held captive by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, pose for a portrait in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, May 19 ...

TENAFLY, N.J. -- A welcome celebration was held for released American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander on Thursday afternoon in downtown Tenafly, New Jersey. Alexander, now 21, moved to Israel at ...

Alexander had been in Israel since he was freed until he traveled last month home to New Jersey, where his family still lives. He was among 251 people taken hostage by Hamas in the Oct. 7, 2023 ...

Alexander, who volunteered for the Israel Defense Forces after graduating from Tenafly High School in suburban New Jersey in 2022, was guarding an outpost near Israel's southern border during ...

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Edan Alexander, an American taken hostage during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel, returned his hometown in Tenafly, New Jersey, on June 19, 2025. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images) ...

The family had just finished celebrating Mother's Day at their home in New Jersey when Adi Alexander saw eight missed calls from Steve Witkoff, Trump's Mideast envoy. Witkoff told them to turn on ...