The reporting from earlier today that the sole remaining American hostage is being released by Hamas is true, as President Trump has just affirmed it.

Here’s what he said tonight:

I am happy to announce that Edan Alexander, an American citizen who has been held hostage since October 2023, is coming home to his family. I am grateful to all those involved in making this monumental news happen. This was a step taken in good faith towards the United States and the efforts of the mediators — Qatar and Egypt — to put an end to this very brutal war and return ALL living hostages and remains to their loved ones. Hopefully this is the first of those final steps necessary to end this brutal conflict. I look very much forward to that day of celebration!

It’s fantastic that Alexander is being released and I’m glad Hamas is doing it. But regardless, these Islamo-Nazis still need to be exterminated even if the remaining hostages are not released. They cannot be allowed exist under any agreement after what they did on October 7, 2023.