Hamas releases all 20 living hostages as part of peace deal
發佈日期: 2025-10-13 21:03
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Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages today as part of a ceasefire, pausing two years of war that pummelled the Gaza Strip, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians.
The releases came as President Donald Trump was in Israel to celebrate the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal, an agreement that he declared had effectively ended the war.
Crowds cheer in Tel Aviv as the news come through that some of the hostages have been released.
Einav Zangauker, the mother of Israeli hostage Matan, speaks with her son for the first time in two years.
And the arrival of the man who Israelis hail as their hero, US President Donald Trump.
Greeting the man who is being vilified by many Israelis, their own Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was roundly booed at a recent rally when his name was mentioned by US envoy Steve Witkoff.
One fan riding a "Trump-mobile" at a Tel Aviv welcoming party.
"I want to thank President Trump, Mr Steve Witkoff, and the entire US administration," said Efrat Machikawa, one of the hostage's relatives. "You have made history. You have stood beside our families when we needed it most."
Hamas initially released seven living hostages. By the middle of Monday, all of the 20 living hostages were freed, Hamas keeping up its end of Trump's peace proposal.
The returnees were expected be reunited with their families and undergo medical checks in Israel.
The bodies of the remaining 28 dead hostages are also to be handed over as part of the deal, though the timing remained unclear.
The Red Cross convoy in Gaza on the way to pick up hostages. And on the way back, likely with hostages inside, crossing the border from Gaza into southern Israel.
Unlike previous theatrical releases staged by Hamas, when the hostages displayed affection towards their captors, these captives are being handed over without cameras.
They are greeted by Israelis blowing horns and lining the streets waving flags.
The hostages were then taken by helicopter for medical checks. Hospitals have specialist teams ready to care for hostages.
"Every returnee has a capsule of caregivers, a doctor, a nurse, a psychosocial worker, a dietician," said Noa Eliakim-Raz, a senior doctor at Rabin Medical Center. "And they all take care of one returnee and that's the same team that will follow him in the rehabilitation, also."
A wave of happiness across Israel.
"Really excited," said hostage relative Alana Zeitchik. "Like I haven't smiled like this in, I mean probably over two years at this point. And I'm also a little nervous, of course. I'm sort of bracing for what will come with it. How he will look, what condition he will be in, we don't really know."
The giant captivity clock at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv says 736 days. Israelis are hoping there is no need for day 737.
