By Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi

JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas handed over the first group of the last surviving Israeli hostages seized in the October 7, 2023, attack on Monday, a key step in ending two years of devastating conflict in Gaza as part of a ceasefire deal pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

With hundreds of cheering people gathered in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square, Israel's military said it had received the first seven of 20 surviving hostages after their transfer out of Gaza by the Red Cross.

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"I am so excited. I am full of happiness. It's hard to imagine how I feel this moment. I didn't sleep all night," said Viki Cohen, mother of hostage Nimrod Cohen, as she travelled to Reim, an Israeli military camp wh

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