FILE - Jewish Bay Area residents stage a sit-in protest in the lobby of Senator Alex Padilla's office in San Francisco calling for a stop to the Israel-Hamas war, August 27, 2025. (Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)
The hostages, all men, have arrived back in Israel, where they will reunite with family and undergo medical checks.
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
It’s been two years since thousands of Hamas-led militants poured into southern Israel after a surprise barrage of rockets.
Both the Biden and Trump administrations have tried to end the fighting and bring back the hostages.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader.
At least 39 people were killed by Israeli strikes across northern Gaza on Saturday.
Israeli forces shelled tent camps for displaced Palestinians north of Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding another 50.
Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to leave.
The Biden administration says Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law.