President Donald Trump addresses the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Trump arrived in Israel Monday morning to coincide with the prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas.
The 20 living Israeli hostages were released as part of an agreement intended to end the conflict that began with the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas terrorists. Hamas terrorists killed more than 1,200 people and took around 240 hostages in southern Israel during the attack. Two years of fighting in Gaza followed, which resulted in tens of thousands estimated dead.
In exchange for the remaining living hostages, Israel began releasing around 2,000 Palestinian detainees, including approximately 250 identified as terrorists.
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