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Former hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal waves to supporters outside Beilinson Hospital in the Rabin Medical Centre on October 13, 2025 in Petah Tikva,...

Hostages Return To Israel After Ceasefire Agreement Takes Effect

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Hostages Return To Israel After Ceasefire Agreement Takes Effect

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Hamas members hand over some of the 20 Israeli hostages to International Committee of the Red Cross teams as part of the ceasefire and...

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Three Israeli female hostages reunite with their families at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan after being released by Hamas's military wing,...

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Israelis gather at Hostages Square to celebrate after the release of the first group of hostages held in Gaza on October 13, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Hostages Return To Israel After Ceasefire Agreement Takes Effect

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People react as they watch the hostage release live stream at Hostages Square on October 13, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The ceasefire deal between...

Hostages Return To Israel After Ceasefire Agreement Takes Effect

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A crowd of protesters carry images of prisoners during a

Munich: Armed police drop into position on a terrace directly above the apartments where between nine and 26 members of the Israeli Olympic team are...

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American Hostage

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Former hostage Alon Ohel waves to supporters outside Beilinson Hospital in the Rabin Medical Centre on October 13, 2025 in Petah Tikva, Israel. The...

Hostages Return To Israel After Ceasefire Agreement Takes Effect

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Three Israeli female hostages reunite with their families at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan after being released by Hamas's military wing,...

Israel confirms receiving three hostages released by Hamas

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Families and friends of Gaza hostage Elkana Bohbot react as they watch the hostage release live stream from the home of Bohbot's mother in Mevaseret...

Hostages Return To Israel After Ceasefire Agreement Takes Effect

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Former hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal waves to supporters outside Beilinson Hospital in the Rabin Medical Centre on October 13, 2025 in Petah Tikva,...

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People, including one woman holding a placard showing hostages still held by Hamas, gather in the early hours at the Brandenburg Gate to read out the...

Public Commemorations For October 7 Hamas Victims

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Hostage, Daniella Gilboa waves from the door of the helicopter after arriving at Belinson-Schneider Hospital on January 25, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel....

Second Set Of Hostages Released Under Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Deal

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Bodies of two Israeli hostages are handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, as...

Al-Qassam Brigades transfer bodies of Israeli hostages to ICRC

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Michel Illouz , father of Guy Illouz, and Ilan Dalal, father of hostage Guy Gilboa Dalal , sembrace and react next to protestors cheering and holding...

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Women pass by a wall covered with photos of hostages that were kidnaped to the Gaza Strip during Hamas deadly attack on January 6, 2025 in Kfar Saba,...

Israel And Hamas Continue Indirect Ceasefire Talks

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People hold up a poster of U.S. President Donald Trump as they wait for the start of the hostage release live stream at Hostages Square on October...

Hostages Return To Israel After Ceasefire Agreement Takes Effect

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January 2025, Israel, Ramat Gan: People celebrate as Freed Israeli hostages arrive in Ramat Gan after their release from Hamas captivity in the Gaza...

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Hostage, Israel, Gaza Strip

President Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, on October 13, 2025 in Jerusalem....

President Trump Visits Israel And Egypt After Gaza Ceasefire Takes Effect

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Released hostage Ohad Ben Ami draped in an Israeli flag arrives to Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center - Ichilov Hospital by helicopter on February 08,...

Three More Israeli Hostages Released As Part Of Ceasefire Deal

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Soldier passes by a wall covered with photos of hostages held by Hamas after the deadly Oct 7 attack in a Tel Aviv train station on January 14, 2025...

Reports Of 'Breakthrough' In Ceasefire Deal

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Blindfolded American hostage with his hands tied up is brought out on to the compound of the embassy by students who stormed the embassy and took all...

Iran Hostage Crisis

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Vehicles transporting the bodies of four hostages handed over following a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Palestinian...

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Hostage, Israel, Gaza Strip

President Donald Trump arrives to address the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, with Amir Ohana, Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, and Israeli President...

President Trump Visits Israel And Egypt After Gaza Ceasefire Takes Effect

Donald Trump - US President, Israel, Knesset

People watch a large screen broadcasting a live feed of Gaza, as they wait for the start of the hostage release at Hostages Square on October 13,...

Hostages Return To Israel After Ceasefire Agreement Takes Effect

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The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, recovered the body of an Israeli hostage from a tunnel in the Hamad area of Khan Yunis,...

Body of Israeli hostage found at tunnel in Khan Yunis

Hostage, Gaza Strip, Israel

Protestors cheer in excitement of the hostages coming home at the end of weekly 'Bring Them Home' rally in Hostage Square Hostages Square on October...

Israel Awaits Return Of Hostages After Ceasefire Deal

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One of the Palestinian prisoners, who was released in a prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, is embraced by a woman...

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Palestinian men gesture from inside a bus after being released from the Ofer military prison located between Ramallah and Beitunia in the occupied...

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Hamas members hand over some of the 20 Israeli hostages to International Committee of the Red Cross teams as part of the ceasefire and...

Release of Israeli hostages starts in Gaza Strip

Gaza Strip, Hamas, Israel

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