{"id":23232,"date":"2025-05-16T12:36:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T09:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=23232"},"modified":"2025-05-19T18:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T15:32:07","slug":"former-hostage-idan-alexander-discharged-from-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/former-hostage-idan-alexander-discharged-from-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Freed Hostage Edan Alexander Discharged from Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edan Alexander, an Israeli soldier who survived captivity by Hamas, was released Friday from Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv after completing a full set of medical and psychological evaluations. Alexander\u2019s family issued a public statement requesting privacy during this sensitive period, emphasizing their desire to focus on his full recovery away from media attention.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hospital Pledges Continued Support<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a statement, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) confirmed they will continue to support Alexander and his family as needed: \u201cWe call on the public and media to continue respecting the family\u2019s privacy during these emotional and delicate days.\u201d Hospital officials also emphasized that their staff remain on alert and fully prepared to receive additional hostages returning from Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to see all the hostages back home soon\u2014until the last one,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23234\" style=\"width: 882px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23234\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/release-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/release-2.webp 1600w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/release-2-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/release-2-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/release-2-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/release-2-1536x864.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edan Alexander in his first emotional reunion with his family | Photo: IDF Spokesperson\u2019s Unit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23235\" style=\"width: 882px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23235\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/release-3.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"882\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/release-3.webp 1600w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/release-3-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/release-3-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/release-3-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/release-3-1536x864.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edan Alexander in his first emotional reunion with his family | Photo: IDF Spokesperson\u2019s Unit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Life Sign from Fellow Hostage<\/strong><br \/>\nEarlier today, Einav Tzangauker, mother of hostage Matan Tzangauker, announced she had received a life sign from her son\u2014delivered through Edan Alexander. Previous accounts from other released captives had indicated that Alexander and Tzangauker were held together in Hamas tunnels. With Alexander\u2019s return, the family of Matan received renewed confirmation of his condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now have proof he\u2019s alive,\u201d Einav said. \u201cThat alone gives us the strength to keep hoping.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family requests privacy as Edan begins his recovery; Brings news of fellow captive Matan Tzangauker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":23233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,77,74],"tags":[3200,2977,5720,5721],"class_list":["post-23232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-idf","category-news","tag-edan-alexander","tag-hamas-tunnels","tag-matan-tzandauker","tag-tel-aviv-sourasky-medical-center"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Freed Hostage Edan Alexander Discharged from Hospital - 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