[News] Hamas: Alexander’s Release Result of US Contacts, Not Israeli Pressure

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Hamas: Alexander’s Release Result of US Contacts, Not Israeli PressureMay
13, 2025
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Israeli-American soldier Dan Alexander has been released by Al-Qassam
fighters. (Photo: via AJA)

*By Palestine Chronicle Staff
<https://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/palestine-chronicle-staff>*

The group said the release highlights the failure of Israeli military
operations to bring captives home, and called on the Trump administration
to intensify mediation efforts and end the war.

The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas announced on Tuesday that the
release of Israeli-American captive Edan Alexander was the result of
serious contacts with the US administration and mediation efforts, not due
to Israeli military action or pressure.

In a statement shared on its Telegram channel, Hamas accused Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of misleading the Israeli public and failing to
recover captives through military aggression.

The group stated that Alexander’s release demonstrates that meaningful
negotiations and a prisoner exchange are the only viable path to securing
the return of captives and ending the war.

The Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, released Alexander on Monday
and handed him over to the Red Cross in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.

Despite Netanyahu’s claim that the release was achieved through military
pressure, Hamas reiterated that it resulted from diplomatic contacts with
the US and mediators working to achieve a ceasefire, reopen border
crossings, and facilitate humanitarian aid into Gaza.

The movement called on the Trump administration to intensify its efforts to
end the war and expressed its readiness to immediately engage in
negotiations toward a comprehensive ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli
forces, the lifting of the blockade, a prisoner exchange, and the
reconstruction of Gaza.
*Ongoing Genocide*

Since Israel’s reneging on the ceasefire on March 18, it has killed and
wounded thousands of Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip through a
bloody and ongoing aerial bombardment.

On October 7, 2023, following a Palestinian Resistance operation in
southern Israel, the Israeli military launched a genocidal war against the
Palestinians, killing over 52,000, wounding more than 118,000, with over
14,000 still missing.

Despite habitual condemnation by many countries around the world of the
Israeli genocide, little has been done to hold Israel accountable.

Israel is currently under investigation for the crime of genocide by the
International Court of Justice, while accused war criminals — including
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — are now officially wanted by the
International Criminal Court.

The Israeli genocide has been largely defended, supported, and financed by
Washington and a few other Western powers.

*(PC, AJA)*
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