Hamas has tried for the last eighteen months to split the US and Israel. Will the release of the last living American hostage spell success for the terrorists? Or will it turn out to be a desperate gamble that gives away their last measure of leverage with Donald Trump?
We may soon see, assuming this actually transpires at all:
Hamas said Friday that it had agreed to release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, the last living U.S. citizen held in Gaza, as well as the bodies of four more deceased dual-national captives.
Nothing has been finalized, Hazem Qassem, a Hamas spokesman told NBC News. But he said that the militant group had agreed to a proposal put forward by mediators and was awaiting the results of further negotiations.
The decision to free Alexander was first announced in a statement posted to Telegram on Friday. It said that Hamas is ready to…
