All 20 living Israeli hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel were released on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, as part of an ongoing ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

World leaders expressed relief and joy at the release of the last remaining 20 living hostages held by Hamas for more than two years on Friday, but they urged all sides to remain committed to ending the war and rebuilding the Gaza Strip.

US President Donald Trump has landed in Egypt following a brief visit to Israel where he addressed lawmakers in the country's parliament. Trump's government plane, Air Force One, landed on Monday in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea,

Animated map showing the part of the Gaza Strip controlled by the Israeli army, subject to evacuation orders, prohibited from access or militarised by Israel, from March 11, 2025 to October 7, 2025, a

The International Committee of the Red Cross was moving on Monday toward a site to collect several hostages held by Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said. The Israeli military said others would be released later.

The Palestinian militant group, which must disarm and end its rule of Gaza under Trump's proposal for ending the war, has deployed internal security forces in parts of the Gaza Strip since a ceasefire came into effect on Friday,

The roughly 1,700 detainees from Gaza who returned there Monday are among thousands of people from the enclave the Israeli military seized during the war.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have returned to Gaza City and the north of the Strip since Friday when a ceasefire between Israel Hamas came into effect.