Devastating chapter closes as hostages come home
With all the remaining living hostages back in Israel, in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, a devastating 2-year chapter is finally closed. Haley Ott reports.
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With all the remaining living hostages back in Israel, in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, a devastating 2-year chapter is finally closed. Haley Ott reports.
Israel is celebrating the release of the last 20 living hostages, with many of their their reunions seen in emotional videos. "CBS Evening News" co-anchors John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois have more.
As Israel and Hamas implement the first phase of a Gaza peace plan, questions remain unanswered over what comes next.
Bus after bus crammed with Palestinians set free from Israeli jails were welcomed by ecstatic crowds. Around 1,700 of mostly men who were seized from Gaza during the war and held without ever being charged were returned on Monday. Debora Patta reports.
There is more hope for peace in the Middle East than there has been in a long time after Hamas released the last of the surviving Israelis held hostage since October 7, 2023. Israel, in turn, freed hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Tony Dukoupil, Debora Patta and Nancy Cordes have more.
The last surviving hostages in Gaza are now back with their families after more than two years in captivity as people across Israel celebrate the U.S.-brokered peace plan. Samantha Vinograd, former assistant secretary for counterterrorism at DHS, joins CBS News with more on what happens now in the region.
President Trump is heading back to the U.S. after his whirlwind trip to the Middle East, where he celebrated the first phase of a peace plan between Israel and Hamas. CBS News' Debora Patta and Nancy Cordes report.
In Egypt Monday, President Trump gave an address after he and Middle East leaders signed a document to inaugurate the U.S.-brokered plan to end the war in Gaza. Following Mr. Trump's remarks, CBS News' Robert Berger, Nancy Cordes, Elizabeth Palmer and Courtney Kealy offered analysis.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gave remarks at the Gaza peace summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, ahead of President Trump's address.
The hostages are civilians and soldiers, fathers and sons. Some were at the Nova music festival, where almost 400 people were killed and dozens kidnapped.
President Trump participated in a peace deal signing in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, following his address to Israel's Knesset in Jerusalem. Tony Dokoupil anchors this CBS News Special Report.
Hamas released all living Israeli hostages on Monday. Mona Yacoubian, a director and senior adviser of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins to discuss what comes next for Palestinians and Gaza.
Hamas has released all 20 of the remaining living Israeli hostages, who are now being reunited with their families in Israel, as part of President Trump's peace plan to end the war in Gaza. "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil spoke with families ahead of the return of their loved ones.
Hamas released all living Israeli hostages on Monday, and Israel began releasing Palestinian prisoners. Also, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump addressed the Knesset. CBS News Nancy Cordes and Debora Patta have more details, while Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Edward Djerejian breaks down the peace deal.
President Trump, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and members of Mr. Trump's administration spoke to reporters ahead of meetings in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, regarding the Gaza peace plan.
Rachel Goldberg-Polin, the mother of slain Oct. 7 hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an American-Israeli who was captured by Hamas and later executed, reacts to the release of living Israeli hostages on Monday as part of President Trump's Gaza peace plan.
President Trump arrived in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday following his address at the Knesset in Jerusalem. Mr. Trump is set to meet with world leaders over the future of Gaza. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio has the latest.
President Trump addressed the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem for more than an hour after Hamas released all the living Israeli hostages from Gaza. CBS News contributor Robert Berger breaks down what comes next, and CBS News' Ramy Inocencio joins with more details.
After 738 days, all living hostages have returned to Israel as Palestinians also see prisoners released under the U.S-brokered peace plan. The deal allows aid to flow into Gaza, offering relief after two years of conflict and hardship.
President Trump spoke for more than an hour at Israel's Knesset after 20 living Israeli hostages were released by Hamas on Monday. CBS News' Haley Ott, Natalie Brand, Ramy Inocencio and Courtney Kealy break down the address. CBS News contributor Robert Berger and "The Mossad Files" host Dan Raviv have more.
President Trump addressed Israel's Knesset for more than an hour after the release of Oct. 7 hostages from Gaza on Monday, declaring a "historic dawn of a new Middle East." CBS News' Haley Ott and Natalie Brand have the latest.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Knesset after the release of 20 living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday. CBS News' Courtney Kealy, Haley Ott and Ramy Inocencio have more details.
Hamas has handed over a first group of living Israeli hostages to the Red Cross as part of President Trump's peace plan. Kelly O'Grady anchored CBS News' special report.
Kelly O'Grady looks back at the Oct. 7 attack, the war in Gaza and the U.S. reaction to the conflict as Hamas prepares to release the remaining Israeli hostages.
President Trump is on his way to the Middle East and plans the address the Israeli Knesset. Nancy Cordes reports.