Hostage swap and Trump visit stir emotions | JQJO

Israelis and Palestinians wept and celebrated as Hamas freed the last 20 Israeli hostages under a ceasefire’s first phase, trading them for more than 1,900 prisoners and detainees. In Tel Aviv and near Reim base, crowds waved Israeli and American flags as helicopters ferried the released; in Ramallah, gaunt ex-prisoners stepped into throngs of relatives amid confusion over missing names and looming exiles. President Trump, credited as architect of the deal, hailed “a golden age” in a Knesset address before a summit in Egypt, even as unresolved terms and grief shadowed the moment.