Hamas releases eerie video showing a New Jersey native and an Israeli hostage delivering coerced messages to Netanyahu and Trump

New Jersey native Idan Alexander is seen in an eerie video posted by Hamas on Saturday that suggests the days are drawing to a close for him and the other remaining hostages the terror group captured more than a year ago. could be counted.

The 20-year-old Israeli soldier was seen in the three-and-a-half-minute video titled “Soon… time is running out” in which he introduced himself and said he had been a Hamas prisoner for over 420 days, the Jerusalem Post reported.

He is later shown covering his face and crying before delivering forced messages in Hebrew to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President-elect Donald Trump.

In it, he accuses Netanyahu of “neglecting” Israeli citizens and soldiers instead of “protecting” them. He also calls on Trump to “use the full power of the United States to negotiate for our freedom.”

The Tenafly native was stationed near Gaza when Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping at least another 250. Hamas still holds 101 hostages, including Alexander and six other American citizens.

The “Hostages and Missing Families” forum called He said the video was “shocking” and said in a statement that the video was “clear evidence that, despite all the rumors, there are living hostages and they are suffering greatly.”

“One year after the first and only deal, it is clear to everyone: the return of the hostages is only possible through a deal,” the statement said. “After more than 420 days of continuous abuse, starvation and darkness, the urgency of bringing all 101 hostages home cannot be overstated.”

Hamas released the threatening video after the IDF confirmed that a terrorist had been killed in a drone strike in the southern Gaza Strip earlier Saturday.

Terrorist Ahed Qadih took part in the October 7 massacre at Kibbutz Nir Oz and was employed by the aid organization World Central Kitchen, The Times of Israel reported.

Two other employees of celebrity chef Jose Andre’s Nobel Prize-nominated organization were also killed.

“It is with broken hearts that we report that a vehicle carrying colleagues from World Central Kitchen was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza,” the organization said in a statement on X.

World Central Kitchen stressed that it had “no knowledge” that any of its employees had “alleged ties to the October 7 Hamas attack” and was “ceasing operations in Gaza at this time.”

In related news, Israel struck several targets in Lebanon that it said violated the ceasefire and said it would impose a curfew in southern Lebanon.