Hamas releases all living Israeli hostages from Gaza
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More than two years after they were abducted during the terrorist attack that launched the Israel-Hamas war, all remaining living hostages have been returned to Israel from the Gaza Strip.
U.S. President Donald Trump, whose administration brokered the deal, made a whirlwind visit to the region, first to Israel where he addressed the parliament to repeated applause. He landed Monday afternoon in Egypt for the “Summit of Peace” where world leaders are to discuss the ceasefire plan.
Now that the living hostages are all out of Gaza, concern in Israel is growing about the dead. Hamas said it would release only four of the 28 bodies that remain in Gaza on Monday, after having released all 20 of the hostages who remained alive.
As 20 Israeli hostages returned home, Colette Lipszyc, mourning her fallen cousin, shares in the relief felt across North Texas after a historic Hamas prisoner release.