Hamas freed the 20 hostages and Israel released some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners as part of a cease-fire.
Thousands gather at Hostage Square to celebrate the return of the hostages, Oct. 13, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90/Courtesy)
David Cunio, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip gestures from a minibus at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Rom Breslavski, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip waves from a minibus at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Yosef-Chaim Ohana hugs a family member after being released from Hamas captivity, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (IDF via AP)
Yosef-Chaim Ohana, left, hugs a family member after being released from Hamas captivity, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (IDF via AP)
Yosef-Chaim Ohana, front, meets with family members after being released from Hamas captivity, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (IDF via AP)
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, left, and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, clasp hands as they were acknowledged as President Donald Trump delivered remarks before the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. Hamas freed the 20 hostages and Israel released some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners as part of a cease-fire. President Trump, in Israel, proclaimed an “end” to the war, but Israel and Hamas have not agreed on next steps in Gaza. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
Maxim Herkin, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip walks off a helicopter at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
David and Ariel Cunio, Israeli hostages released from the Gaza Strip ride on a minibus at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A family disappointed after waiting for a loved one to be released from prison, then finding out that their relative was not among those freed, in Ramallah in the West Bank, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. On Monday afternoon, the Israeli prison service said it had freed all of the 1,968 Palestinian prisoners slated for release in an exchange for all remaining hostages in Gaza. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
People react as they watch a live broadcast of hostages being released by Hamas at the plaza that has become known Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. The plaza has been a focal point for rallies for the release of the hostages and a gathering place for their families and supporters during two years of war. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
Palestinians celebrate as released Palestinian prisoners arrive after an exchange with Israel in Ramallah in the West Bank, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. On Monday afternoon, the Israeli prison service said it had freed all of the 1,968 Palestinian prisoners slated for release in an exchange for all remaining hostages in Gaza. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
Ariel Cunio, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip waves at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Evyatar David, center, a hostage released from the Gaza Strip, in a van with his family at Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, Israel, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. The 20 living hostages in Gaza were returned to Israel on Monday and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners were freed from Israeli jails as part of a cease-fire that President Trump hailed as “the end of the war” in an address to cheering members of Israel’s Parliament. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times)
Rom Breslavski, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip walks off a helicopter at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Rom Breslavski, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip smiles making a heart sign from a minibus at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
David Cunio, a hostage released from the Gaza Strip, on his way to Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. The 20 living hostages in Gaza were returned to Israel on Monday and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners were freed from Israeli jails as part of a cease-fire that President Trump hailed as “the end of the war” in an address to cheering members of Israel’s Parliament. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/The New York Times)
Former hostage Evyatar David gestures to the crowd outside Beilinson Hospital in the Rabin Medical Centre after the surviving Israeli hostages were released from Gaza on Oct. 13, 2025 in Petah Tikva, Israel. The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has brought an end to the two years of war that followed the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. A condition of the deal was the immediate return of 48 hostages held in Gaza, around 20 of whom were believed to be alive. (Photo by Dima Vazinovich/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump arrives at Sharm El Sheikh Airport on Oct. 13, 2025 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President Trump is visiting the country hours after Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages captured on Oct. 7, 2023, part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump arrives at Sharm El Sheikh Airport on Oct. 13, 2025 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President Trump is visiting the country hours after Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages captured on Oct. 7, 2023, part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Maxim Herkin, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip waves from a minibus at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Freed Israeli hostage Avinatan Or gestures from a van as he arrives at Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, after he was released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Stripl, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Freed Israeli hostage Avinatan Or gestures from a van as he arrives at Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, after he was released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Stripl, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on Oct. 13, 2025 in Jerusalem. President Trump is visiting the country hours after Hamas released the remaining Israeli hostages captured on Oct. 7, 2023, part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal to end the war in Gaza. (Photo by Jalaa Marey – Pool/Getty Images)
Matan Zangauker meeting his mother at the initial reception point after being released from Hamas, in Israel on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (IDF via AP)
Bar Kupershtein, left, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip walks off a helicopter at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Bar Kupershtein, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip walks to a minibus at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
U.S. President Donald Trump leaves after addressing the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on Oct. 13, 2025 in Jerusalem. President Trump is visiting the country hours after Hamas released some of the remaining Israeli hostages captured on Oct. 7, 2023, part of a US-brokered ceasefire deal to end the war in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Bar Kupershtein, a hostage released from the Gaza Strip, waves while on his way to Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. The 20 living hostages in Gaza were returned to Israel on Monday and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners were freed from Israeli jails as part of a cease-fire that President Trump hailed as “the end of the war” in an address to cheering members of Israel’s Parliament. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/The New York Times)
Released hostage Bar Kupershtein waves to well-wishers as he arrives at Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer on Oct. 13, 2025 in Ramat Gan, Israel. The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has brought an end to the two years of war that followed the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. A condition of the deal was the immediate return of 48 hostages held in Gaza, around 20 of whom were believed to be alive. (Photo by Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
Gali Berman, carries a placard reading in Hebrew “The People of Israel Live,” as he sits onboard an IAF helicopter en route to the hospital after being released from Hamas captivity, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (IDF via AP)
People wave Israeli flags and spray foam in celebration after the arrival of freed hostages at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, following their release from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People gather to greet freed Palestinian prisoners arriving on buses in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
People greet freed Palestinian prisoners as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after their release from Israeli jails under a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
