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Tenafly native Edan Alexander is back home in New Jersey after being held hostage by Hamas for 584 days.

The return was 20 months in the making. The Jewish and Israeli community came out in force to line the streets of Tenafly as Alexander returned home.

Alexander’s family says that he was kept in a cage, tortured and starved while being held captive.

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Hamas released the now-21-year-old to the Red Cross on May 12, and he was quickly returned to his family.

Alexander is an Israeli American soldier who was kidnapped from his base during the Oct. 7 attack. Hamas released Alexander as a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration.

Fifty-three hostages remain under Hamas’s control.