The New Jersey native had a joyous reunion with his family, but Israeli doctors say many freed hostages come home with emotional and physical scars.

Edan Alexander was 19 when Hamas militants stormed the Israeli military base where the American-Israeli from New Jersey was a soldier and dragged him into the Gaza Strip.

Edan Alexander’s parents revealed Monday that they missed eight calls telling them their son was finally being released by Hamas terrorists — and that they nearly knocked him over when they were finally reunited because he was “so weak.