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Learn more at NEI Academy.org. Welcome to the News Hour. After two years of brutal war,

20 Israeli hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners were swapped today as

the American-led ceasefire in Gaza held. It was a day of hope and relief for many tinged with apprehension of what lies ahead. There are harder steps still to come and no guarantees of success, but a triumphant President Trump received a hero's welcome when he landed early today in Israel. Later, he led a multinational peace conference

in Egypt before flying home. Special correspondent Lela Molana Allen reports tonight from Tel Aviv.

Watching, waiting, hoping. It was a day two years and many prayers in the making.

Someone reaped our heart and now, Tom and Ban.

Overwhelmed with emotion, they stood in tearful silence.

Since late last night, thousands of people have been gathered here.

It was become known over the last couple of years as Hostage Square,

the epicenter of the call for the hostages to come home.

They waited with bated breath, watching the gradual releases on a large screen

and hoping that after today the name here would become redundant.

And then the screams of joy began.

Fast is our brains!

As the Red Cross vehicles bearing their longed-for cargo drove slowly out of Gaza, well-wishers lined the roads by Israel's border.

The hostages were then flown by helicopter to specially prepared medical facilities.

As they appeared overhead, the crowds here erupted in elation.

One after another, the last of the living hostages were reunited with waiting family, an embrace

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