'You Are Coming Home!' All Israeli Hostages Are Freed

The 20 are being reunited with their families as part of ceasefire deal
Posted Oct 13, 2025 12:21 AM CDT
Updated Oct 13, 2025 5:34 AM CDT
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Freed Israeli hostage Eitan Mor gestures from a van as he arrives at Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, after he was released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.   (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

All 20 of the living hostages held by Hamas are free. The militant group released them on Monday as part of the ceasefire deal brokered last week by the US, reports the AP. In exchange, Israel began sending busloads of freed Palestinian prisoners to the West Bank city of Ramallah, with about 2,000 to be released in all.

  • Meanwhile, President Trump is expected to address the Israeli parliament. When asked while walking through the Israeli Knesset if the war between Israel and Hamas was now over, Trump replied, "Yes, as far as I'm concerned. Yes," per the New York Times. Still, much work remains after this first phase, including the thorny question of whether Hamas will disarm.

  • Israeli TV showed Einav Zangauker, mother of 25-year-old hostage Matan Zangauker, speaking on a video call with him in Gaza. "There's no war, it's over," she told him. "You are coming home!"
  • Hamas also has pledged to return the remains of 28 dead hostages at some point, per NBC News.

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