Hamas posts harrowing video of NJ native and Israeli hostage delivering coerced messages to Netanyahu, Trump

Hamas posted chilling video Saturday featuring New Jersey native Idan Alexander, insinuating that both he, and the other remaining hostages captured by the terror group are in grave danger. 

The 20-year-old Israeli soldier was shown in the three-and-a-half minute video, titled “Soon … Time is Running Out,” introducing himself and saying he’s been a Hamas prisoner for over 420 days, The Jerusalem Post reported.

He’s later shown covering his face and crying before delivering coerced messages in Hebrew to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. 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 Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and abducting at least another 250. Hamas is still holding 101 hostages, including Alexander and six other American citizens.

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum called the video “shocking,” saying in a statement the video is “definite proof that despite all the rumors — there are living hostages, and they are suffering greatly.”

“One year after the first and only deal, it’s clear to everyone: returning 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 home all 101 hostages cannot be overstated.”

National Security Council spokesman Sean Savett called the video “a cruel reminder of Hamas’ terror against citizens of multiple countries, including our own.”

 He said the White House has been in touch with Alexander’s family and that lame-duck President Biden “will work around the clock to secure the release of our citizens including through diplomatic efforts and by increasing pressure on Hamas terrorists through sanctions, law enforcement actions, and other measures.”

Hamas posted the ominous video after the IDF confirmed killing a terrorist during a drone strike in the southern Gaza Strip earlier Saturday.

The terrorist, Ahed Qadih, participated in the Oct. 7 massacre in Kibbutz Nir Oz, and was employed by the World Central Kitchen aid organization, The Times of Israel reported.

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

“We are heartbroken to share that a vehicle carrying World Central Kitchen colleagues was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza,” the organization said in a statement on X.

World Central Kitchen insisted it “had no knowledge” that any of staffers had “alleged ties to the October 7th Hamas attack” and is “pausing operations in Gaza at this time.”

In related news, Israel struck several targets in Lebanon that it said were violating the ceasefire and said it will impose a curfew on Southern Lebanon.