"The Israeli military said it received all 20 hostages confirmed to be alive, after their transfer from Gaza by the Red Cross. The announcement prompted cheering, hugging and weeping among thousands waiting at "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv. In Gaza, thousands of relatives, many weeping with joy, gathered at a hospital where buses brought home some of the nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees to be freed by Israel as part of the accord."
""The skies are calm, the guns are silent, the sirens are still and the sun rises on a Holy Land that is finally at peace," Mr Trump told the Knesset, Israel's parliament, saying a "long nightmare" for both Israelis and Palestinians was over. "Now it is time to translate these victories against terrorists on the battlefield into the ultimate prize of peace and prosperity for the entire Middle East," he said before departing for a summit in Egypt intended to cement the truce."
A mediated first-phase ceasefire between Israel and Hamas enabled the transfer of the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners and detainees by Israel. The Israeli military received all 20 hostages confirmed alive after Red Cross transfer, triggering cheering and emotional reunions in Tel Aviv. In Gaza, buses returned some of nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees, with thousands gathering at hospitals to welcome released relatives. US President Donald Trump addressed the Knesset declaring peace in the Holy Land and chaired a summit in Sharm El-Sheikh with Egypt, Qatar and Turkey, signing a pledge to implement and sustain the agreements.
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