Released Israeli hostage Evyatar David arrives at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva in central Israel. Phorotgaph: Menahem Kahana /AFP via Getty Images
Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages on Monday under a ceasefire deal, a big step towards ending two years of ruinous war in Gaza as US president Donald Trump addressed Israel’s parliament, urging it to turn military success into peace.
Mr Trump then travelled to Egypt to address a summit, where the ceasefire was expected to be cemented.
The Israeli military said it had received all hostages confirmed to be alive after their transfer from Gaza by the Red Cross, prompting cheering, hugging and weeping among thousands waiting at “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv.
Some of the nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed by Israel as part of the accord, ahead of a summit in Egypt to cement the ceasefire, began arriving in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, some hoisted on the shoulders of delighted relatives.
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