TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — For two days after Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander was released from 19 months of captivity in Gaza, he couldn’t eat anything. Despite periods of near starvation while being held by Hamas militants, Alexander just didn’t have an appetite.
Then, his mother, Yael Alexander, put a burger and fries in front of him, and her son dove in.
It was one of many joyful moments his family has experienced since learning he would be freed.
Yael Alexander, mother of Edan Alexander, a freed Israel-American who was held captive by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, pauses in front of her family home n
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