The statement referred to Edan Alexander of Tenafly, NJ, who was captured during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel; Sagui Dekel-Chen, originally from Connecticut, who was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7 attack; and Keith Siegel, originally from North Carolina, who was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Kfar Az during the October 7 attack.