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A major hostage and prisoner exchange marks a significant step towards ending two years of war in Gaza.
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President Donald Trump departed Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, after meeting with world leaders at a summit to discuss the future of Gaza. In an address to Israel's Parliament to celebrate the return of the remaining living hostages from Gaza, Trump said the war in Gaza "is over.
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Twenty hostages are released by Hamas and more than 1,900 Palestinian detainees and prisoners are released by Israel as President Trump visits Israel and Egypt to mark an end to the Gaza war.
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The roughly 1,700 detainees from Gaza who returned there Monday are among thousands of people from the enclave the Israeli military seized during the war.
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With the releases, Israelis basked in a joyous moment of unifying national redemption after months of agonizing, polarizing war.
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The cease-fire in Gaza has taken hold. Hostages and prisoners have been exchanged. But amid the utter devastation of two years of war, a sense of gloom pervades.
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England boss Thomas Tuchel says there are "no limits" to Marcus Rashford's potential, but warns the Barcelona forward not to end his career thinking "what could have been".
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