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Hostages, prisoners exchanged as Trump takes Gaza victory lap
Hindustan Times Amritsar
|October 14, 2025
Hamas released 20 hostages and Israel freed 2,000 prisoners in return on Monday, hours before US President Donald Trump declared that the war in Gaza was over in an address to the Israeli parliament, but there is still uncertainty over the future of the Palestinian enclave.
US President Donald Trump shows a signed document on the Gaza ceasefire deal, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday. REUTERS
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