Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing wait to cross into the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Bulldozers deployed by the Gaza Municipality drive past displaced people, on their way to clear building rubble from main roads in Gaza City on Tuesday, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian fighters in Gaza. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Donald Trump and Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hold signed documents during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
A man walks past a billboard bearing the portraits of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants since October 2023. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty images hide caption
Families of hostages protest demanding the release of their loved ones from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip at the plaza known as the "hostages square" in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption
Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza display photos of the captives during a protest demanding their release. in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday, June 21, 2025. Ohad Zwigenberg/AP hide caption
Judi Weinstein Haggai and Gad Haggai were kidnapped in the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack and later declared dead by the Israeli authorities. Here they are pictured at an unknown location in this undated photo provided by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. The Israeli military said it recovered their bodies Thursday. Hostages and Missing Families Forum/Reuters hide caption
People gather to watch a live broadcast of Edan Alexander, a U.S.-Israeli dual citizen, as he is released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, Monday. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption
A woman cries while sitting on the rubble of her house, destroyed in an Israeli strike, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Young Palestinians fill cans with water in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday. Arab negotiators are trying to broker a ceasefire deal that would avert a return to fighting in Gaza and begin serious negotiations toward a formal end of the war, since the breakdown of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal at the beginning of the month. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption
Why are Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks stuck? An explainer on the latest
Friends and relatives of Israeli hostages held captive since the October 7, 2023 attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, stand behind a banner bearing their portraits during a demonstration calling for action to secure their release in front of the Israeli Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Israeli-Russian hostage Sasha Trupanov (second right) and fellow captive, Israeli-American Sagui Dekel-Chen (second left), stand on stage next to Palestinian militants during their handover to a Red Cross team in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 15, as part of the sixth hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas. Hamas says it has held direct talks with the U.S. about hostages. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Freed Palestinian prisoners react as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after being released from an Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Thursday. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption
Hamas hands over bodies of four hostages as Israel frees Palestinian prisoners
Mourners gather around the convoy carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, during their funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel on Wednesday. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption
Israelis hold a funeral procession for Shiri Bibas and her two sons killed in Gaza
People line the street to watch the funeral procession carrying the caskets of Shiri Bibas, Kfir Bibas and Ariel Bibas with family in minibuses pass by on Feb. 26, 2025 in Rishon LeZion, Israel. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images hide caption
A poster shows Shiri Bibas, center, who was kidnapped to Gaza with her husband and two young sons on Oct. 7, 2023, in Jerusalem on Friday. Mahmoud Illean/AP hide caption
Palestinians gather as Hamas fighters deploy ahead of handing over the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including a mother and her two children, who had long been feared dead, to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption
Hamas releases the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including mother and young sons
A man walks past a billboard bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas-led militants, in Jerusalem on Monday, as the country marked the 500th day since their abduction. AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Released hostage Ilana Gritzewsky holds a photo of her boyfriend, Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, still held in Gaza. In her other hand, she holds a flare next to photos of other hostages, May 25, 2024. Matan Golan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
‘No greater commandment’: How Israelis view hostage-prisoner swaps
Israeli hostages Sagui Dekel-Chen, Alexander "Sasha" Trupanov and Yair Horn were named by Hamas Friday to be released the following day. Hostages and Missing Families Forum hide caption
Released hostage Ohad Ben Ami draped in an Israeli flag arrives at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center - Ichilov Hospital by helicopter, on Feb. 8, in Tel Aviv, Israel. Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images hide caption
Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, and Ohad Ben Ami Hostages and Missing Families Forum hide caption
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes statements at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Sunday, ahead of his visit to Washington, D.C., where he will meet with President Trump this week. Avi Ohayon (GPO)/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption