It’s been quite a week for Israeli homecomings.
On Monday, American-Israeli Edan Alexander was returned to Israel after 584 harrowing days of captivity in Hamas’ dungeons under Gaza. Alexander, now 21, was just 19 years old on Oct. 7, 2023, when the Hamas terror army invaded Israel and took him hostage alongside about 250 other Israelis and foreign nationals.
He subsisted in unbearable conditions, often shackled, nearly starved, and locked underground without any natural light for over 19 months.
Hamas, in addition to taking civilian hostages like Alexander, also slaughtered 1,200 people on Oct. 7—mostly civilians, including days-old babies and elderly Holocaust survivors—and started the war that has roiled the Middle East for the past year and a half.
Though the Gaza-based terror organization continues to hold 58 hostages in violation of international law…
