Abu Obeida, the spokesman of Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, announced the loss of contact with the unit holding Israeli-American soldier Aidan Alexander, following an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip.
“We announce that we have lost contact with the team guarding soldier Edan Alexander following a direct ‘Israeli’ bombardment targeting their location. We are still trying to reach them,” Abu Obeida said in a statement today.
He added, “It seems that the occupation army is deliberately trying to kill him and hence relieve themselves from the pressure caused by the dual-citizen prisoners in order to continue its genocide against our people.”
On April 12, the Al-Qassam Brigades published a video via Telegram showing Israeli-American soldier Aidan Alexander (a dual national) as “proof” that he was alive.
In the message, the captive soldier Alexander expressed his frustration over the Israeli government’s neglect of his suffering and its disregard for protests demanding an end to the war and the completion of a prisoner exchange deal with the Palestinian resistance.
Previously, Hamas had announced its willingness to release Alexander, who holds American citizenship, along with the remains of four other captives, in response to a US proposal—a gesture made after the Zionist enemy withdrew from the ceasefire agreement.
