By The Associated Press

Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages on Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that pummeled the Gaza Strip , killing tens of thousands of Palestinians.

President Donald Trump , addressing the Israeli Knesset, urged Israel to work toward peace following the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal , an agreement that he declared had effectively ended the Israel-Hamas war and opened the door to building a more stable Middle East.

Under the deal, Israel released over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and promised to allow a surge of food and aid supplies into famine-stricken Gaza.

Trump arrived in Egypt later Monday for a global summit on Gaza’s future . More than two dozen countries are expected at the meeting, which Trump is hostin

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