Israelis Freed in the Gaza Hostage Deal
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Hamas releases Israeli hostages, including Omri Miran, as twin brothers Ziv and Gali Berman are reunited under President Donald Trump's ceasefire deal.
Hamas released all 20 living Israeli hostages Monday, and Israel released more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. U.S. President Donald Trump visited the region to discuss postwar plans.
Chen, father of freed Israeli hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen, said seeing his son for the first time in February after he spent months in captivity was like having him "born again." Dekel-Chen praised the new peace deal freeing the remaining hostages,
The hostages are civilians and soldiers, fathers and sons. Some were at the Nova music festival, where almost 400 people were killed and dozens kidnapped.
President meets with Middle East and European leaders in Egypt following his address to Israel's Parliament
Follow live updates as Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released. Presidents Trump and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi are expected to meet with other leaders in Egypt to discuss Gaza’s future.
The Israeli military says one of the bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day as part of the ceasefire deal is not that of one of the hostages who was held in Gaza.