People in Israel are rejoicing Monday as loved ones return home after Hamas released the remaining 20 living hostages from Gaza under a ceasefire agreement brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump

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The freed hostages were being reunited with emotional family members after receiving medical evaluations. As part of the deal, Israel also agreed to release nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners who returned home and were greeted by cheering crowds.

The ceasefire halts two years of war in Gaza that killed tens of thousands of people. It also opens the flow of humanitarian aid into the region. The world's leading authority on food crises has noted that more than half a million people in Gaza face catastrophic levels of hunge

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