After 738 days of captivity, all twenty Hamas hostages still alive were released. The full list: Bar Kuperstein, Eviatar David, Yosef Haim Ohana, Segev Kalfon, Avitan Or, Elkana Buchbot, Maxim Harkin, Nimrod Cohen, Matan Tsengauker, David Cuneo, Eitan Horn, Matan Engerst, Eitan Mor, Gali Berman, Ziv Berman, Omri Miran, Alon Ohel, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Rom Breslavsky and Ariel Cune.

While the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, as per the peace agreement, is underway , US President Donald Trump flew to Israel and the news was released that both Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will participate in the peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh , "to consolidate the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and reaffirm their commitment to respecting it."

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A BUS WITH PALESTINIAN PRISONERS IN RAMALLAH AND GAZA

Buses carrying several Palestinian prisoners released by Israel have arrived in Ramallah, Al Jazeera reports. Earlier, buses carrying released prisoners had also departed from the Negev Prison in southern Israel for Gaza.

TRUMP AT THE KNESSET

"This is my great honor. A great and beautiful day. A new beginning ." Donald Trump wrote this in the guestbook he signed at the Israeli Knesset.

THE OTHER THIRTEEN HOSTAGES RELEASED

Hamas released the remaining 13 hostages in the Khan Younis area . They were handed over to the Red Cross, as seen in videos broadcast on television. All the kidnapped people still alive have since been released.

TRUMP LANDS IN ISRAEL

Air Force One carrying US President Donald Trump landed at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel.

LIVE VIDEO CALL

In Tel Aviv's Hostage Square, a big screen broadcasts the phone call from the still-unreleased hostage Matan Tsengauker from Gaza to his mother, who has been fighting for his release for two years. Hamas allowed some of the hostages to call their families before their release. "Matan, you're coming home. You're all coming home. Thank God, the war is over. You're coming home. My life awaits you," said his mother, Einav.

THE RELEASE OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS

All 1,966 Palestinian prisoners scheduled to be released from Israeli prisons have already boarded buses for their release, an official told Israeli media. Among the detainees are 250 convicted terrorism suspects who are scheduled to be released from Ofer Prison in the West Bank, but apparently only after Hamas has handed over the last hostages still held in Gaza.

TRUMP: "THE WAR IS OVER"

"The war is over." Donald Trump said this in response to a question about Gaza aboard Air Force One, according to Bloomberg. The American president departed for the Middle East, where he will first stop in Israel and then Egypt. He will remain in the region for approximately eight hours. Meanwhile, he is watching the livestream of the release, as reported by White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt. "History is being made now," Leavitt wrote.

MELONI: "A HISTORIC DAY"

"Today is a historic day. The hostages have been freed: an extraordinary achievement, the fruit of the determination of international diplomacy and the implementation of the first part of US President Donald Trump's peace plan ," Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced on social media.

VON DER LEYEN: "THE EU WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE GAZA PLAN"

"We are ready to contribute to the success" of the Gaza peace plan "with all the tools at our disposal. In particular, by providing support for the governance and reform of the Palestinian National Authority. We will be an active force within the Palestinian donor group. And we will provide EU funding for the reconstruction of Gaza." Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote this in X, calling the peace agreement a "milestone" and the release of the hostages "a moment of relief for the entire world."

Hamas: "Commitment to the agreement, Israel must respect it."

"We declare our commitment to the agreement reached and its timetable, provided Israel respects them," Hamas said in a statement immediately after the release of the first seven Israeli hostages.

HERZOG: "A MORNING OF GREAT HOPE"

"This is a morning of great hope and great prayer . A morning in which we expect and desire to see everyone home, every last one," declared Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

THE TWO-PHASE RELEASE

The families have been informed that the release of the Israeli hostages will take place in two phases , the first at 8 am (7 am Italian time) and the second between 9 am and 10 am, Israeli media reported.

HUNDREDS IN HOSTAGE SQUARE IN TEL AVIV

Since dawn today, hundreds and hundreds of people have been gathering in Hostage Square in Tel Aviv awaiting the release of the Israeli hostages by Hamas.

RED CROSS TOWARDS MEETING POINT IN NORTH GAZA

The IDF announced that the Red Cross is en route to a meeting point in the northern Gaza Strip where several hostages will be released.

- UPDATE IN PROGRESS –

(Unioneonline)

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