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All Hostages Home: 20 Freed from Gaza

Hamas released the last 20 living Israeli hostages as part of a US brokered ceasefire negotiated by President Trump who signed a Gaza peace accord in Egypt a dramatic turn after more than two years of captivity and war

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20 - Number of living Israeli hostages freed and returned to Israel

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"This took 3,000 years to get to this point" — President Donald Trump

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