‘Bring him home': Mom of NJ teen taken hostage by Hamas pleads for his release

'I just hope that they will bring him home and my soul will come back to me,' Yael Alexander, mom of Edan Alexander, said.

Yael Alexander, the mother of 19-year-old Edan Alexander - who was taken hostage while serving in the Israeli military when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct.

"I just hope that they will bring him home and my soul will come back to me," Yael Alexander told NBC News' Zinhle Essamuah Alexander had volunteered to serve with the Israeli army after he graduated and was reportedly working at the border near Gaza when the attacks started.What is the Gaza Strip? What you need to know about the territory at the heart of the Israel-Hamas war"When they told me that I was like, breathing for a second, because I knew, OK, so we have a hope now," Alexander's mother said.

The teen's mother said learning that he is still alive has sparked a hope that he could be returned to the United States -- just as American hostages,

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