"President Donald Trump hailed a new beginning in a written message as he signed the Israeli parliamentary guestbook ahead of his address to lawmakers. This is my great honor. A great and beautiful day, a new beginning, the president wrote in bold black ink, beside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister's wife Sara, and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and his partner."
"The remarks came as Israel confirmed that Hamas had released all 20 living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday morning into the custody of the Red Cross, who transferred them to Israel. The move ends a 737-day ordeal after the president's Gaza peace deal that secured their freedom following two years of war between Israel and Hamas. The release comes as part of a delicate exchange under which Israel will release 2,000 Palestinian prisoners."
President Donald Trump signed the Israeli parliamentary guestbook, writing "This is my great honor. A great and beautiful day, a new beginning" beside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister's wife Sara, and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and his partner. Israel confirmed that Hamas released all 20 living Israeli hostages from Gaza into Red Cross custody, who transferred them to Israel. The release ends a 737-day ordeal after the president's Gaza peace deal secured their freedom following two years of war between Israel and Hamas. The exchange includes Israel releasing 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in return for the remains of 28 hostages who did not survive captivity, and Israeli officials cautioned that not all remains are expected to be repatriated immediately. Trump arrived as the handover began and is set to meet hostage families before addressing the Knesset and then traveling to Egypt for a regional peace summit aimed at cementing the fragile ceasefire.
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