Democratic mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani didn’t offer any comment Monday on the release of the last Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza, as the other candidates in the race for City Hall, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa, celebrated the development as a critical step toward peace in the region.

The 20 remaining hostages were returned around 5 a.m. Monday New York time. In exchange, Israel released some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and committed to a ceasefire in its war with Hamas, launched in response to the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, more than 65,000 Palestinians have been killed in the war.

Within hours of the release of the hostages, Cuomo, an ardent supporter of Israel who’s running as an independent in the Nov. 4 mayoral elect

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