- The father of Edan Alexander, the last American hostage being held in Gaza, says President Trump's unorthodox approach to the Middle East conflict has paid dividends. Under Biden, negotiation deadlines were never implemented and no hostages were released. But under Trump, "the fact that he took ownership on this deal, it was crucial as well. He’s been tough with the friends and with the enemies even before he took office, that was crucial.”
President Trump’s insistence that Hamas agree to a ceasefire in January and hand back hostages in February or “all bets are off, and let hell break out” did, in fact, speed up the release of hostages, according to the father of the only remaining American hostage still being held in Gaza. By contrast, negotiations with Hamas during the Biden administration were frustrated by deadlines that came and went, unenforced by either the U.S. or Israel, Adi Alexander told Fortune.
