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KFAR SABA, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 16: Former hostage Eitan Horn (L) reacts next to his brother Amos Horn on his balcony as he is welcomed home on October 16, 2025 in Kfar Saba, Israel. Horn was released from captivity in Gaza on Oct. 13th as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. Horn was taken captive from Nir Oz during the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023.
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RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 13: Gaza hostage Maxim Herkin wavesMaxim Herkin as he arrives at Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer on October 13, 2025 in Ramat Gan, Israel. The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has brought an end to the two years of war that followed the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. A condition of the deal was the immediate return of 48 hostages held in Gaza, around 20 of whom were believed to be alive.
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A woman holds a placards bearing the portraits of held hostages during a rally asking for the release of the hostages taken during Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack, at the Trocadero esplanade also called the Parvis des Droits de l'Homme, in central Paris, on October 10, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed a Gaza ceasefire deal. Israeli Prime Minister's office said on October 10 that the government had "approved the framework" of a hostage release deal with Hamas, as both sides edged closer to ending more than two years of hostilities in Gaza. The Gaza deal follows a 20-point peace plan for Gaza announced last month by US President Donald Trump, who said he planned to leave on October 12 for the Middle East. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP)
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 09: Einav Zangauker (blue shirt), the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, celebrates as people react to the news of the Gaza peace deal at Hostages Square on October 09, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Overnight, the US president announced that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a ceasefire plan that would see the release of hostages - held in Gaza after their capture on Oct. 7, 2023 - in the coming days. Israel's government is meeting today to formally approve the deal.
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Hostage Families Celebrate the Ceasefire Deal That Will Bring Their Loved Ones Home

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