CINCINNATI — After 738 days, the remaining Israeli hostages have been freed amid the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

Hamas released 20 the remaining living hostages after a tense 72-hour window to carry out a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Hamas is expected to turn over the remains of additional hostages who have died once they're identified.

Both Israel and Hamas signed the deal Monday in Egypt, after President Donald Trump received a warm welcome across the region for brokering what he called "the dawn of a new Middle East." During an address in front of Israel's Parliament, the president vowed that the ceasefire would mark "the end of a long and painful nightmare."

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