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TEARS & JOY: Israeli Hostages Reunite With Families After Being FREED Under President Trump’s Peace Deal

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What a beautiful day.

Under President Trump’s historic peace deal, Hamas has released the 20 surviving Israeli hostages.

They arrived back home with their families earlier today.

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Axios has more details on the hostage release:

Hamas released all 20 living Israeli hostages on Monday morning as part of the Gaza peace deal brokered by the Trump administration.

Why it matters: The Israeli hostages, most of them civilians, were held in captivity in Gaza for more than two years. Finally, all of the hostages who survived are now free.

  • The hostage release started shortly before President Trump landed in Israel, as part of a Middle East trip aimed at cementing his Gaza peace plan.
  • Their release was a key Israeli and U.S. demand for ending the war.

Driving the news: Hamas had to release all 20 of the live hostages by Monday at noon local time, according to the agreement.

  • The first group of seven hostages was released shortly after 8am local time. The hostages were transferred by Hamas to the Red Cross, which delivered them to Israeli forces inside Gaza.
  • The other 13 hostages were released two hours later. Before the second group was released, Hamas militants connected them to their families in video calls and asked the families to send those calls to the Israeli press.
  • The hostages were taken to a military base outside the Gaza Strip to be reunited with their families, and from there to hospitals in Israel to receive medical treatment.

The hostages all spent most of the past two years in underground tunnels, with very little food and water and almost no medical care for the wounds they suffered during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks.

  • Israeli officials are concerned that many of them may be in very poor health.

What they’re saying: “Today, twenty families are spared the unbearable pain of not knowing if they will ever see their loved ones again,” White House envoy Steve Witkoff said in a statement.

  • “But even in this moment of relief and happiness, my heart aches for those whose loved ones will not return alive. Bringing their bodies home is a must and an act of dignity and honors their memory forever.”

As part of the deal, Hamas has also agreed to release the bodies of all the hostages they killed.

Four were returned in coffins today, per Fox News:

Israel announced that received four coffins containing the remains of deceased hostages, but did not immediately identify whose remains were returned.

Before their bodies are returned to Israeli territory, there will be a military protocol held in their honor. The IDF said this will involve soldiers draping Israeli flags on their coffins, saluting the deceased and reciting a chapter from the Book of Psalms.

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The bodies of 24 deceased hostages still remain in Gaza.

Israel released this bittersweet statement, mourning the loss of so many hostages while celebrate those who survived and are now home with their families:

Laura Ingraham shared photos of all 20 surviving Israeli hostages released today:

Notably, there are no female hostages.

I won’t get into the details of what that implies, but I’m sure you can figure it out for yourself.

Hamas is truly the devil.

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I’ll end this article with several tear-jerking videos of many of these hostages reuniting with their loved ones…

After two long, unimaginably painful years, they are finally back home with their families — all thanks to President Trump.

Watch these clips shared by Daily Wire journalist Kassy Akiva:

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