Freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander is headed back to the Holy Land to fight against the very terrorists who held him captive for nearly 600 days.

Alexander, who has Israeli parents but grew up in northern New Jersey, announced his plans to return to the Middle East next month to rejoin the Israeli Defense Forces.

“Next month, God willing, I will return to Israel,” Alexander revealed during a dinner this week in Manhattan for the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. 3

He said serving Israel is “one of the greatest honors of my life.”

“I will once again put on the IDF uniform, and I will proudly serve alongside my brothers,” he told the more than 1,000 attendees.

“My story does not end with survival — it continues with service,” he said, as the crowd cheered him on,

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