Trump, Israel and Gaza
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With the releases, Israelis basked in a joyous moment of unifying national redemption after months of agonizing, polarizing war.
U.S. President Donald Trump embarked on a whirlwind trip to the Middle East on Monday to cement the end of the war between Israel and Hamas, and to reaffirm his ambitions to usher in peace between the two.
The faces of the hostages being held in Gaza stare down from every street corner in Israel on posters now sun-faded and ripped.
Medical teams at an Israeli hospital awaiting the arrival of hostages expected to be released from Gaza are "prepared for anything," Noa Eliakim Raz, head of the Returning Hostages Unit at the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, told NBC News.
Former Netanyahu spokeswoman Tal Heinrich discusses the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas on 'The Bottom Line.'
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Red Cross says 'multi-phase operation' in Gaza to oversee hostage and prisoner releases has started
The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Monday it had begun “a multi-phase operation” to oversee the release of hostages and prisoners as part of the Israel-Hamas war ceasefire. The Red Cross said it will receive hostages held in the Gaza Strip to transfer them to Israeli authorities,