Freed hostage Edan Alexander says he’s returning to the IDF next month

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...Just months after former hostage Edan Alexander was freed from 584 days in Hamas captivity, the Golani Brigade soldier has announced he will return to service. Alexander, who returned to his family in Tenafly, New Jersey, following his release, was the only remaining U.S. citizen among the living hostages held in Gaza. There are now 48 remaining hostages held in Gaza, of which 20 are presumed to be alive. In his remarks Wednesday, Alexander also called for the release of the remaining hostages, telling the crowd: “Their nightmare continues. At least one other Israeli soldier taken hostage on Oct. 7 has returned to service.