CAIRO, May 12. /TASS/. An Israeli hostage who also holds US citizenship will be released on Monday, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian movement Hamas, announced.

"We have decided to release Israeli service member Edan Alexander, who is also a US citizen, on Monday, May 12," the group’s spokesperson Abu Ubaida wrote on Telegram.

Earlier on Monday, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel had not committed to a ceasefire to secure Edan Alexander’s release.

Hamas confirmed on Sunday that it would release a hostage with US citizenship.

However, the movement stressed that the release should be "part of measures aimed at halting hostilities in the Gaza Strip," including "the unblocking of all checkpoints" on the border with the enclave and the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. Hamas also emphasized that it was "ready to immediately engage in intense talks" on Gaza and "make effective efforts to reach an agreement on establishing a ceasefire in Gaza and exchanging" Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

The movement announced on April 15 that the place where Edan Alexander was being held had come under Israeli fire and contact with the militants guarding him had been lost. There have been no more official reports of his condition.