Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages on Monday under a ceasefire deal, a major step towards ending two years of ruinous war in Gaza, as US President Donald Trump addressed Israel’s parliament urging the country to turn military success into peace.

The Israeli military said it had received all hostages confirmed to be alive after their transfer from Gaza by the Red Cross, prompting cheering, hugging and weeping among thousands waiting at “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv.

Some of the nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed by Israel as part of the accord, ahead of a summit in Egypt to cement the ceasefire, began arriving in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, some hoisted on the shoulders of delighted relatives.

“The skies are calm, the guns are silent, t

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