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January 2025, Israel, Ramat Gan: People celebrate as Freed Israeli hostages arrive in Ramat Gan after their release from Hamas captivity in the Gaza...

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Thousands of Israelis gather at the "United We Bring Them Home" rally in Hostages Square on May 18th, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The rally calls...

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Guy Gilboa-Dalal, a former hostage freed from captivity in Gaza, greets supporters as he receives a homecoming celebration on October 26, 2025 in...

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October 2023, Israel, Tel Aviv: One of the freed hostages in a wheelchair disembarks from a military helicopter after landing on the roof of Ichilov...

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In this screenshot from the RNC’s livestream of the 2020 Republican National Convention, U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with freed hostages...

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Palestinians released from Israeli prisons under a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange deal with Palestinian factions, arrive at the Nasser hospital...

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Buses carrying Palestinians released from Israeli prisons under a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange deal with Palestinian factions arrive outside...

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Free British hostage John McCarthy addresses media during a press conference held 08 August 1991 at Syrian Foreign Ministry in Damascus, after being...

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Friends and supporters of the hostage Avinatan Or dance while holding his picture. Avinatan, who was released after two years in Hamas captivity, was...

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Palestinian prisoner released under the Israel-Hamas swap reunites with family and friends at Ramallah Cultural Centre in the occupied West Bank on...

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Palestinian prisoner released under the Israel-Hamas swap reunites with family and friends at Ramallah Cultural Centre in the occupied West Bank on...

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Palestinian released from Israeli prisons under a Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange deal with Palestinian factions, is greeted by a relative as he...

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Palestinian hostages are being welcomed by their relatives within the scope of the third part of the first phase of the hostage swap agreement...

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January 2025, Israel, Ramat Gan: People celebrate outside a hospital, where Freed Israeli hostages arrive in Ramat Gan after their release from Hamas...

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Palestinians, detained and recently released by Israel, are taken to the Gaza European Hospital, where they underwent medical examinations and showed...

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