With tears of joy, Israel welcomed the last living hostages home Monday, one of the brightest days the region has seen in a long time.

Among the ecstatic sights: Evyatar David — filmed just months ago being forced to dig his own grave in a Hamas tunnel — embracing his parents; Avinatan Or’s exuberant meeting with his parents and girlfriend Noa Argamani; twins Gali and Ziv Berman, reunited after 737 days in separate captivity , and so many others.

Weeping families of redeemed hostages spontaneously declaimed the “Shehecheyanu” (a Hebrew prayer of thanksgiving) when they first saw their freed children — sounds to melt the hardest heart.

President Donald Trump, the author of this magnificent moment , expressed the dreams of all good-faith regional actors when he called “peace and p

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