Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Updates: Red carpet welcome for Trump in Israel as hostages released from Gaza

Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Israeli hostages are on their way to reunite with families

The released hostages, Eitan Mor, Alon Ohel, Ziv Berman, Gali Berman, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Omri Miran and Matan Angrest, are currently on their way to the initial reception point in southern Israel, where they will reunite with their families.

Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Trump landing in Israel as hostages released

US President Donald Trump arrived in Israel to address parliament, before he is scheduled to travel to Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh for a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war.

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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Seven released hostages have crossed Israeli borders

Israeli military says 7 hostages released by Hamas have crossed into Israeli borders.

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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Israeli hostages handed over to Israeli military

Israeli hostages handed over by Red Cross to Israeli military, military source says.

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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: 250 Palestinians serving life sentences in Israeli prisons expected to be released

250 Palestinians who had been serving life sentences in Israeli prisons are expected to be released to West Bank, Jerusalem and abroad on Monday.

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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Seven living hostages transfered to Red Cross on their way to the Israeli forces

Israeli military says seven hostages have been transfered to Red Cross, and they are on their way to the Israeli forces.

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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: First seven hostages freed

Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over seven Israeli hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on Monday, an official involved in the operation said, under the first phase of a ceasefire agreement with Israel, which was set to release hundreds of Palestinians from its jails in exchange.

The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, the biggest step yet toward ending two years of war, aims to pave the way for a lasting peace under a 20-point plan by US President Donald Trump, who was due to land in Israel soon after the release.

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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Red Cross arrives at hostage release location

Israeli media said Red Cross arrived at the hostage release location in Gaza.

Red Cross said it's started 'a multi-phase operation' to oversee hostage and prisoner releases as part of Gaza ceasefire - AP reporter Jon Gambrell wrote in a post on X.

Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: IDF says Red Cross on its way to hostage exchange meeting point

Israeli military said Red Cross is on its way to a meeting point in northern gaza strip where several hostages will be transferred into their custody.

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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Hamas media cell publishes names of palestinian prisoners to be freed

After publishing the names of 20 Israeli hostages to be released, the Hamas prisoners media office published the names of palestinian prisoners to be freed.

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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Updates: Hamas publishes names of 20 Israeli hostages to be released

Palestinian group Hamas published on Monday the names of the 20 Israeli hostages to be released under the first phase of a ceasefire agreement with Israel.

The names included Bar Abraham Kupershtein, Evyatar David, Yosef-Chaim Ohana, Segev Kalfon, Avinatan Or, Elkana Bohbot, Maxim Herkin, Nimrod Cohen, Matan Angrest, Matan Zangauker, Eitan Horn, Eitan Abraham Mor, Gali Berman, Ziv Berman, Omri Miran, Alon Ohel, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Rom Braslavski, Ariel Cunio and David Cunio.

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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Updates: Hostage release to begin in Gaza at 8 am, Israeli media report

The release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza is expected to begin at 8 am (0500 GMT/10:30 IST) from the Netzarim corridor and continue at 10 am in Gaza's Khan Younis, Israeli media reported on Monday. (Reuters)

Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Updates: Israelis honour Trump as hostages set to return home two years after their capture

US President Donald Trump will receive a hero's welcome in Israel's parliament on Monday as a fragile Gaza ceasefire he helped to broker enters a fourth day, with the expected release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners marking tentative steps in a conflict long resistant to resolution.

Trump's Knesset speech follows two years of war sparked by a Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, that killed around 1,200 people in Israel with 251 taken hostage. Israeli airstrikes and ground assaults have since devastated Gaza, killing more than 67,000 Palestinians, the enclave's health officials say.

"The war is over," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he began his flight from Washington to Israel. Asked about prospects for the region, he said: "I think it's going to normalize."

The UN said humanitarian aid was ramping up, with cooking gas entering for the first time since March and expanded food and medical deliveries.

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