Updated October 13, 2025 at 5:24 AM EDT

TEL AVIV — Hamas on Monday released the last 20 living hostages from Gaza as part of a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas. In exchange, Israel was expected to release nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners later on Monday.

Earlier Monday, Hamas initially handed over the first seven of the 20 living hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which in turn presented them to the Israeli military.

The military is flying the hostages by helicopter from southern Israel to hospitals in the Tel Aviv area. All the hostages are men, mostly in their 20s and 30s.

Israeli television showed Einav Zangauker speaking to her son, Matan Zangauker, 25, in a video call shortly after his release. "There's no war, it's over. You are coming home," she

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