Parents of Hamas hostages urge Trump to be ‘tough with enemies and friends’ amid Israeli siege in Gaza

AdiandYaelAlexander,parentsofHamascaptiveEdanAlexander,discusstheirplantomeetwithlawmakersinWashington,D.C.,andtheTrumpadministration’sinsistencethatbringinghomeEdanisatoppriority.  TheparentsoftheAmericanhostagesstillheldbytheHamasterroristorganizationinGazahavecalledonPresidentDonaldTrumptousehisreputationforbeing“tough”andapplypressureonnotonlyknownenemiesbutoneofhisclosestallies:IsraeliPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahu. Thereare59hostagesstillinGaza,atleast24ofwhomareassessedtobealive,includingAmerican-IsraeliEdanAlexander,now21yearsoldafterhavingspenttwobirthdaysinHamascaptivity. ItayChen,19,OmerNeutra,21,JudyWeinsteinHaggai,70,andherhusband,GadiWeinstein,73,areallbelievedtohavebeenkilledbyHamasinit’sattackinsouthernIsraelonOct.7,2023,andwhosebodiesweretakenintoGaza. “Ibelievethatthepresidentisaverytoughperson,andheshouldbetoughwiththeenemiesandwithfr