Edan Alexander was born to Israeli parents, Adi and Yael, in Tel Aviv, but the family moved to the U.S. when he was a baby, first to Maryland, before settling in Tenafly in 2008.

U.S. Special Envoy for Hostage Response Adam Boehler told CNN and The New York Times that he was traveling with the parents of Alexander to Israel, where they hoped to reunite with Edan — possibly as ...