Trump to talk in Israel as final residing hostages launched by Hamas come again residence

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu mentioned it had “been a protracted journey” to succeed in today. 

“Originally of the battle, I promised to deliver all of the hostages residence,” Netanyahu mentioned. “Right now, with the indispensable assist, the decided and centered assist, the unremitting assist of President Trump and his crew, and with the unbelievable sacrifice and braveness of the troopers of Israel, we’re fulfilling that promise.” 

“Girls and gents, this can be a momentous day, a day of nice pleasure, because the remaining hostages come residence,” he mentioned. 

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu mentioned it had “been a protracted journey” to succeed in today. 

“Originally of the battle, I promised to deliver all of the hostages residence,” Netanyahu mentioned. “Right now, with the indispensable assist, the decided and centered assist, the unremitting assist of President Trump and his crew, and with the unbelievable sacrifice and braveness of the troopers of Israel, we’re fulfilling that promise.” 

“Girls and gents, this can be a momentous day, a day of nice pleasure, because the remaining hostages come residence,” he mentioned. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his document over the previous two years of battle within the Gaza Strip as he addressed Israeli lawmakers beside President Trump on Monday. 

“In response to this barbaric assault on October seventh, Israel did what it needed to do. With indomitable braveness, we got down to defend our individuals, to defeat our enemies, and to launch our hostages. Our heroic troopers fought like lions,” Netanyahu mentioned. 

“Israel achieved superb victories over Hamas and the whole Iran terror axis. Sinwar, Haniyeh, Nasrallah, Assad, they’re all gone,” he mentioned, referring to slain leaders of Hamas and its ally, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group, in addition to the longtime former chief of Syria. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the rostrum within the Knesset on Monday, delivering some remarks in English to thank President Trump for his help for Israel through the years. 

“Donald Trump is the best good friend that the state of Israel has ever had within the White Home,” Netanyahu mentioned to applause.

Netanyahu praised what he known as Mr. Trump’s “pivotal management” in brokering the Gaza peace deal.

“Mr. President, you might be dedicated to this peace, I’m dedicated to this peace, and collectively, Mr. President, we’ll obtain this peace,” Netanyahu mentioned.

Netanyahu remembered the tons of of Israelis killed on Oct. 7, the deadliest day in Israel’s historical past because the Holocaust. In response, “Israel did what it needed to do,” he mentioned. 

The primary Palestinian prisoners launched as a part of the ceasefire and hostage launch settlement between Hamas and Israel arrived Monday within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution. 

Dwell video confirmed prisoners disembarking from buses and being greeted by giant cheering crowds of individuals in Ramallah, the de-facto capital of the West Financial institution. 

About 2,000 Palestinian prisoner had been to be launched by Israel in complete.

The Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, Amir Ohana, hailed President Trump as “the most effective good friend that the state of Israel has ever had,” as he thanked Mr. Trump in Israel’s parliament Monday.

“I’m going to take off this pin, this memorial pin for the hostages, as a result of due to you, they’re residence,” Ohana mentioned, earlier than eradicating a pin from his go well with.  

“Mr. President, you stand earlier than the individuals of Israel not as one other American president however as an enormous of Jewish historical past,” Ohana mentioned. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won’t be touring to Egypt for the peace summit within the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, the place the peace deal between Israel and Hamas is predicted to be signed later Monday.

Netanyahu had been invited to the convention by President Trump, his workplace mentioned Monday, and “The Prime Minister thanked President Trump for his invitation, however mentioned that he wouldn’t have the ability to take part because of the proximity of the vacation.” 

The vacation the prime minister’s workplace seems to be referencing is Simchat Torah, a Jewish vacation that celebrates the Torah, which is marked on Oct. 14 and 15 this 12 months. 

President Trump was greeted by loud cheering and applause Monday as he arrived on the Israeli Knesset to deal with the assembled lawmakers.

Mr. Trump, seated on the podium beside Knesset speaker Amir Ohana and Israeli President Isaac Herzog, stood for the applause for himself and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  

President Trump is predicted to deal with the Israeli Knesset, the nation’s parliament, throughout his transient go to to mark the primary section of the Israeli-Hamas peace deal that his administration helped to dealer. 

It is possible for you to to look at the president’s remarks dwell on CBS Information 24/7 within the participant on the prime of this web page. He’s anticipated to start talking very quickly.

Mr. Trump’s remarks to the Israeli lawmakers will come not lengthy after the Israeli navy confirmed the handover of the ultimate 13 residing hostages who had been held in Gaza. All residing hostages have now been freed and they’re again in Israel, in response to the navy.  

The president is believed to have met privately with the households of Israeli hostages earlier than delivering his remarks to the Knesset. He’ll go away later for Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, the place he’ll take part in a Center East peace ceremony.  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will journey to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to attend a Center East peace summit together with President Trump on Monday, the workplace of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi mentioned in an announcement.

“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will take part within the peace summit to consolidate the ceasefire settlement in Gaza and reaffirm dedication to it,” mentioned the assertion posted on the Egyptian presidency’s Fb web page. 

The president’s workplace additionally confirmed that Palestinian Authority President Mahmmoud Abbas would attend the convention, the place the peace plan brokered by President Trump is predicted to be formally signed.

It was not clear whether or not Mr. Trump and Netanyahu would journey from Israel to the summit within the Egyptian resort collectively or individually.

By Ahmed Shawkat and Emmet Lyons 

The final 13 Israelis who had been kidnapped throughout the Oct. 7, 2023 assault have been returned to Israel after being freed by Hamas within the Gaza Strip, Israel’s navy mentioned Monday. 

The Israeli navy confirmed in a social media submit that Matan Tsengauker, Maxim Harkin, Segev Kalfon, Yosef-Chaim Ohana, Nimrod Cohen, Avinantan Or, Eviatar David, Eitan Horn, David Kunio, Ariel Kunio, Elkana Buchbot, Bar Kuperstein and Rom Breslavsky had been with Israeli forces and had “not too long ago crossed the border into Israeli territory.”

President Trump signed the visitor guide on the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, forward of a deliberate deal with to the assembled lawmakers on Monday. 

The White Home posted a photograph on social media of Mr. Trump holding up the visitor guide, exhibiting his signature, flanked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Amir Ohana, the Speaker of the Knesset. 

“That is my nice honor – An important and exquisite day. A brand new starting,” Mr. Trump wrote within the Knesset visitor guide.

Israel’s navy confirmed Monday that the final 13 residing hostages in Gaza had been with Israeli troops and “making their strategy to Israeli territory.” 

The hostages had been handed over earlier to the Israel Protection Forces by Crimson Cross personnel, after being launched by Hamas within the southern Gaza metropolis of Khan Younis.

The stays of a number of the 48 deceased Israeli hostages nonetheless in Gaza are anticipated to be transferred to Israeli officers later Monday.  

The final 13 residing Israeli hostages in Gaza have been handed over to Crimson Cross personnel, the Israeli navy mentioned Monday, including that the group was “making their strategy to the IDF and Shin Wager forces within the Gaza Strip.”

President Trump’s senior envoy Steve Witkoff mentioned Monday that he had “questioned if I might ever see today,” calling it “deeply gratifying to know that so many households will lastly have their family members residence.”

“Right now, twenty households are spared the insufferable ache of not realizing if they may ever see their family members once more. However even on this second of aid and happiness, my coronary heart aches for these whose family members won’t return alive,” Witkoff mentioned in a social media submit. “Bringing their our bodies house is a should and an act of dignity and honors their reminiscence ceaselessly.”

Witkoff added that he was “profoundly grateful for the indomitable spirit of President Trump. Today wouldn’t have been doable with out him.”

The Israeli navy launched a lot of photographs on Monday exhibiting a number of the first seven hostages launched by Hamas talking with members of the navy and reunited with their households again in Israeli territory.

One of many first photographs confirmed former hostage Eitan Mor beaming in an embrace together with his mother and father. Mor was among the many Israelis kidnapped from the Nova music competition in southern Israel throughout the Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist assault. He was working safety on the competition.

Different photographs confirmed Mor talking with Israeli forces earlier than being reunited together with his household.

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has determined to award the “Order of the Nile” to President Trump, “in recognition of his notable contributions to supporting peace efforts, defusing conflicts, and most not too long ago, his pivotal function in halting the battle in Gaza,” the El-Sisi’s workplace mentioned in an announcement on Monday.

Mr. Trump was as a consequence of arrive in Cairo later within the day, after addressing Israeli lawmakers and assembly with the households of Israeli hostages.

The Order of the Nile is Egypt’s highest state honor. It was first established in 1915 and is presently awarded in two kinds, a Collar, which is bestowed upon heads of state and will probably be given to President Trump, and the Grand Cordon, which is for different recipients.

By Ahmed Shawkat and Tucker Reals

President Trump has arrived in Israel. He was greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the tarmac of Ben Gurion Worldwide Airport earlier than making his means down a protracted crimson carpet to greet others, together with his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, and Mr. Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff who, together with Kushner, helped negotiate the peace deal. 

The Israeli navy mentioned Crimson Cross autos had been on their means Monday to a second assembly level, this one in southern Gaza, “the place a number of hostages will probably be handed over to the Crimson Cross.”

The primary group of seven Israel hostages had been handed over to the Crimson Cross in northern Gaza earlier than being transferred to Israeli navy personnel after which pushed again into Israeli territory. 

Folks in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Sq. cheered Monday as a large tv display confirmed Air Power One touchdown within the nation.

Somebody shouted over the loud speaker within the sq.: “Thanks, President Trump!”

Air Power One touched down Monday at Ben Gurion Airport, not removed from Jerusalem, as President Trump arrived for a go to to mark the discharge of Israeli hostages by Hamas and to ship remarks to the nation’s assembled lawmakers within the Knesset, Israel’s parliament.

President Trump, who is predicted to reach momentarily in Israel, claimed decisively on Sunday that the battle in Gaza is over.

“The battle is over,”  he advised reporters aboard Air Power One on the best way to Tel Aviv. “The battle is over, okay? Do you perceive that?”

When requested if he thinks the ceasefire will maintain, he mentioned, “I feel so. I feel it’ll maintain.” 

“I feel individuals are, a whole lot of explanation why it’ll maintain, however I feel individuals are uninterested in it,” Mr. Trump mentioned.

Mr. Trump mentioned “through the years,” Gaza will look “superb,” however offered no different particulars.

The Israel Protection Forces confirmed in a social media submit that the primary seven hostages launched by Hamas “have now crossed the border into Israeli territory with IDF and Shin Wager forces.”  

They had been on their strategy to an “preliminary reception level in southern Israel, the place they may reunite with their households,” the navy mentioned in an announcement.

President Trump boarded Air Power One on Sunday afternoon to move to the Center East.

In a short comment to reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, the president mentioned, “So that is going to be a really particular time.” 

“In Israel and likewise the Muslim and Arab nations are all cheering,” Mr. Trump mentioned. He didn’t take any questions.

He is set to reach in Tel Aviv early Monday together with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth, Director of the Central Intelligence Company John Ratcliffe and different administration officers.

Mr. Trump is predicted to satisfy with households of Israeli hostages earlier than delivering a speech to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem. He then will journey to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, for the worldwide peace summit.

— Kathryn Watson, Kiki Intarasuwan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace confirmed in an announcement on Monday the identities of the primary seven residing hostages launched by Hamas beneath the peace plan brokered by President Trump.

The assertion mentioned the households of Ohel Alon, Angrest Matan, Berman Gali, Berman Ziv, Gilboa-Dalal Man, Mor Eitan and Miran Omri “have been knowledgeable by the approved authorities that they’ve joined our forces within the Gaza Strip and can quickly make their strategy to Israeli territory.”

The Israeli navy has confirmed that the primary group of seven residing hostages has been transferred from the Crimson Cross to Israeli personnel inside Gaza, they usually “are actually making their strategy to Israeli territory.”

The seven had been to endure instant medical checks upon reaching Israeli territory, the Israel Protection Forces mentioned in a social media submit.

“The commanders and troopers of the IDF salute and embrace the returning hostages as they make their means residence to the State of Israel,” the IDF mentioned.

“In accordance with info acquired from the Crimson Cross now, seven abductees have been transferred to them, and they’re making their strategy to the IDF and Shin Wager forces within the Gaza Strip,” the Israel Protection Forces mentioned in a social media submit on Monday, indicating step one was full for the preliminary group of hostages to be transferred out of Hamas custody. 

“The IDF is ready to soak up further abductees who will probably be transferred to the Crimson Cross later,” the IDF mentioned.

Israel’s navy mentioned early Monday that Crimson Cross autos had been headed to a gathering level in northern Gaza to satisfy “a lot of hostages”  set to be handed over by Hamas.

The Israel Protection Forces mentioned in a social media submit that it was “ready to soak up further hostages who will probably be transferred to the Crimson Cross later.”

It’s anticipated that the remaining hostages — 20 of the entire 48 of whom are believed to be alive — will probably be handed over in at the least two separate teams.

Dozens, if not tons of of Israelis had been gathered in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Sq. forward of the anticipated return of the remaining hostages on Monday morning.

Waving Israeli flags and singing, the gang gathered earlier than daybreak and continued to develop all through the morning. Because the solar was rising, many sang collectively and waved Israeli flags.

The discharge of the hostages nonetheless being held in Gaza is predicted to start round 8 a.m. native time, 1 a.m. ET, in response to a supply accustomed to the matter. A second spherical of hostages is then set to be launched round 10 a.m. native time, 3 a.m. ET, the supply mentioned. 

The 2 units of hostages are being launched from completely different areas inside Gaza, the supply mentioned.

Israel’s Sheba Medical Heart, which is positioned in Ramat Gan, outdoors of Tel Aviv, and is predicted to obtain hostages after they’re launched, famous that they might not arrive there till mid- to late morning on the earliest.

— Michal Ben-Gal, Jordan Freiman

Egyptian International Minister Badr Abdelatty mentioned Sunday that Egypt is “assured that the primary section of the Trump peace plan will probably be carried out” and will probably be honored by all events concerned. 

“We’re very hopeful that the primary section will probably be accomplished, in all honesty, from the 2 events, and we’re in full contact with the Palestinians, with the Hamas,” Abdelatty advised “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” 

Abdelatty confirmed that Egypt will probably be sending troops to Gaza “inside particular parameters.” He additionally mentioned that Egypt helps the deployment of worldwide troops into Gaza for safety and stabilization.

“We’re assured, although we’ve to attract classes from the previous, that with out fixing the Palestinian trigger, which is the core of the battle within the area, with out respecting the authentic aspirations of the Palestinians to have their very own statehood, you understand, there isn’t a peace and stability within the area,” Abdelatty mentioned. 

Abdelatty indicated that President Trump’s peace plan referred to Palestinian statehood, though the ultimate model of the plan is unclear on Palestinian statehood. 

Watch Margaret Brennan’s full interview with Abdelatty right here. 

Alana Zeitchik, a relative of Israeli hostage David Cunio, mentioned she is “nervous” concerning the situation he will probably be in when he’s free of captivity.

Cunio’s spouse, Sharon Aloni Cunio, and his twin daughters had been held captive by Hamas and launched in November 2023.

Zeitchik mentioned Cunio’s spouse acquired steering on the way to inform her daughters that their father is coming residence and that they had been “in shock” after listening to the information.

Zeitchik advised The Related Press: “We cannot actually have the ability to exhale and have a sigh of aid till he’s again on Israeli soil.”

Tens of hundreds of Palestinians started their trek again to the closely destroyed northern Gaza Strip over the weekend after the ceasefire deal went into impact.

A gentle stream of individuals, many on foot, crammed onto a coastal highway within the central Gaza Strip, heading north to see what may stay of their houses. It was a repeat of emotional scenes from an earlier ceasefire in January.

Palestinians expressed aid that the battle could finish, although they’re tempered with considerations concerning the future and lingering ache from the staggering demise and destruction.

“There wasn’t a lot pleasure, however the ceasefire considerably eased the ache of demise and bloodshed, and the ache of our family members and brothers who suffered within the battle,” Jamal Mesbah, who was displaced from the north, advised the AP.

The destruction they discover this time will probably be even larger, after Israel waged a brand new offensive in Gaza Metropolis, within the north, in latest weeks.

—CBS/AP