US EditionTrump Celebrates Hamas Releasing All Living Hostages as Part of Ceasefire with Israel
The US-brokered ceasefire ended a 24-month captivity, involving the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners alongside all 20 Israeli hostages, officials said.
- Monday morning, the final 20 hostages were handed over by Hamas, completing their release after more than 730 days and sparking celebrations across Israel.
- The US-brokered prisoner-exchange agreement resulted in Israel freeing over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and permitting aid into Gaza as part of the ceasefire.
- Red Cross convoys carried the released groups, transferring the first seven—Gali Berman, Ziv Berman, Matan Angrest, Alon Ohel, Omri Miran, Eitan Mor, and Guy Gilboa-Dalal—to Israeli forces for medical checks and reunification.
- Returned hostages are being checked medically and reunited with family, while Isaac Herzog, Israel's President, awarded President Donald Trump Israel's highest civilian honor.
- Survivors say the captives endured extreme abuse, bodies of 28 other captives are awaiting return, and Gaza faces heavy casualties and massive displacement.
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Home at Last: Story of 20 Hostages Freed from Hamas Captivity in Gaza After Two Years
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. After more than two years of waiting, hoping, and grieving, Israel on Monday welcomed home the last of the 20 living hostages who had been held captive in Gaza since the brutal attacks of October 7, 2023. World News | Home at Last: Story of 20 Hostages Freed from Hamas Captivity in Gaza After Two Years.
Seven hostages on helicopters early in the morning, then the release of the other 13 with the Red Cross. Shortly thereafter almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners arrive in Gaza
All living hostages freed as Israel, Hamas begin U.S.-brokered peace plan
All 20 remaining living hostages held by Hamas have been released as part of the first phase of a U.S.-brokered peace plan to end the war, according to Israeli officials. In exchange, Israel freed nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. The last group of hostages was returned to Israel on Monday following a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip. They were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross, t…
The President of the United States delivered a speech to the Israeli Parliament on the same day that Israelis and Palestinians celebrated when Hamas released the remaining 20 live hostages in Gaza as part of an exchange agreement for nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees.
In a few hours from the return to Israel of the 20 hostages captured by Hamas, there appeared terrible details about the period spent in the hands of terrorists. Young people say they were repeatedly abused, threatened, some even held in chains, in dark tunnels, without water or food. Avinan Or spent two years alone in captivity, Mattan was treated with wounds without anesthesia, and his condition was damaged, while the tribes of Gali and Zivi B…
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