Tel Aviv: US President Donald Trump called Monday a “great and beautiful day” as the 20 Israeli hostages were released from Hamas captivity earlier in the day as part of his Gaza peace plan.

Trump arrived at Israel’s Parliament, Knesset, where he signed the guestbook.

“This is my great honour. A great and beautiful day, a new beginning,” he writes in a thick, black Sharpie marker.

President Trump is scheduled to meet with families of hostages and also address the Knesset, becoming the fourth US president to do so.

Earlier in the day, all 20 living hostages were handed over by Hamas in Gaza.

Addressing journalists at the Knesset, US President Donald Trump again declared that the war in Gaza had come to an end.

“This is a great day. This is a whole new beginning, and I think there’s n

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