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Israeli hostages returned, Gaza families survey damage as ceasefire takes hold

Jan 20, 2025

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 20: Three Israeli hostages were reunited with their mothers and Palestinians returned to their bombed-out neighborhoods on Sunday with the start of a ceasefire suspending a 15-month-old war that has devastated Gaza and inflamed the Middle East.
In Tel Aviv, hundreds of Israelis cheered and wept in a square outside the defense headquarters as a live broadcast from Gaza showed the three hostages getting into a Red Cross vehicle surrounded by Hamas fighters.
Source: Fijian Broadcasting Cooperation

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