What to know about hostage release and Gaza ceasefire:

Israel and Hamas moved ahead with crucial steps of the Gaza peace plan on Monday, as Hamas released all 20 of the remaining living Israeli hostages and Israel released Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

President Trump delivered remarks in the Israeli Knesset , the country's parliament, after arriving in the country on Monday. At a summit later on Monday in Egypt, he and other world leaders signed a document to inaugurate the U.S.-brokered plan to end the war in Gaza.

Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees on Monday as part of the ceasefire agreement in exchange for the return of the Israeli hostages. They included 250 people who are serving life sentences, and about 1,700 others who have been det

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