On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” United States Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler stated that “our main focus is the release of all living hostages.” And Hamas needs to release American hostage Edan Alexander as well as the four American bodies they have “And let’s make that first and foremost and all we focus on and we’ll worry about the rest later.”

Boehler stated, “[T]omorrow, I expect a release of hostages. And I know that our main focus is the release of all living hostages. … They need to release our American and they need to release the four American bodies they continue to hold. And let’s make that first and foremost and all we focus on and we’ll worry about the rest later.”

He also said, “I think, for those people that listen to TV now at Hamas, thousands of people don’t want to lose their lives right away. And I think that if they mess with a hair on Edan’s head, it will be serious, because the president of the United States cares massively about our Americans and cares massively about Edan.” And that “the president responds to unilateral action. They need to release [Edan] right now.”

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