# Hamas has handed over the 20 surviving Israeli hostages under a ceasefire agreement, as US President Donald Trump and other world leaders geared up for a summit on Gaza. In Tel Aviv, a huge crowd which gathered to support hostage families, erupted in joy, tears and song as news broke of the first releases, though the pain for the loss of those who had not survived was palpable. Israel will in return free nearly two-thousand detainees held in its jails in exchange.
All 20 surviving Israeli hostages have been handed over by Hamas