Hamas releases Israeli hostages, Trump gets standing ovation in Israel's parliament

President Trump received a rousing welcome in Israel and declared the Gaza war over. Hamas released the last 20 living Israeli hostages. Palestinian prisoners were also set to be freed.

Who are the 20 hostages who were released by Hamas?

The 20 surviving hostages were released “after 738 agonizing days in captivity,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement.

The hostages are home, but the war with Hamas is not over

Am Israel Chai. Two years after the worst massacre in Jewish history since the Holocaust, 20 Israelis held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip have returned home. Alive.

Joy in Israel as hostages return but families say Hamas not honouring deal to return the dead

Hamas says it will return the bodies of four hostages today, but has told mediators it does not know the location of some of the other 24.

Remaining 13 hostages handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas

The remaining13 living hostages were handed over to the Red Cross by Hamas.Oct. 13, 2025 Get more news © 2025 NBCUniversal Media, LLC

Hostages taken by Hamas hours away from freedom after two years in captivity

After more than two years in captivity, Hamas is set to release all the living hostages, as well as the bodies of some of the deceased captives.
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Who are the hostages Israel believes are still alive?

- This combo of images provided by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, shows Israeli hostages, top row from left, Gali Berman, Ziv Berman, Elkana Bohbot, Rom Braslavski, Nimrod Cohen, Ariel Cunio;

Israel-Hamas: Families wait for hostage release as aid agencies prepare to deliver relief

Medical teams at an Israeli hospital awaiting the arrival of hostages expected to be released from Gaza are "prepared for anything," Noa Eliakim Raz, head of the Returning Hostages Unit at the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, told NBC News.
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