On October 7, 2023, Edan Alexander, a member of the Golani Brigade, was stationed outside a kibbutz near the Gaza Strip when he was captured by Hamas. Just before his capture, Edan called his mother, Yael Alexander, for the last time.
Yael recalled, “I told him at the end of the call: ‘Listen to me, Edan. I’m here. I’m with you. I love you. Just protect yourself. Just be safe.’ And that’s it, we hung up. I didn’t know I wasn’t going to hear him again.”
During Edan’s senior year of high school, he decided to postpone college to join Garin Tzabar and serve as a lone soldier in the IDF.
Born in Tel Aviv but raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, Edan attended high school as a champion swimmer. His sister, Mika Alexander, described him as her best friend and a happy, carefree person.
It has now been 395 days since the attack on October 7, 2023, and we continue to pray for the safe return of Edan and the remaining 100 hostages still trapped in Gaza.
Bring them home now!
By: Emma Attias (10th) and Shirel Benhamou (10th)
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