Vance Arrives In Israel To Bolster Gaza Ceasefire, Advance Trump Peace Plan

10 have been returned

Twenty living Israeli hostages were also released last week in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in Israeli jails.

Israel launched its military campaign in Gaza following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack, in which Hamas-led gunmen killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages.

Since then, Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 68,216 people, according to the territory’s Hamas run health ministry