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Israeli hostage families thank Trump for the release of their daughters from Gaza

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The families of Israeli hostages freed over the weekend thanked U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (January 26) for the release of their daughters from Gaza.The families delivered statements from the hospital where they are staying with the released hostages.The four soldiers, Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag, were released by Hamas in Gaza on Saturday (January 25).The young women had all been stationed at an observation post on the edge of Gaza when Hamas fighters overran their base and abducted them during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel that precipitated the war.Their release, in exchange for the freeing of 200 Palestinian prisoners, was part of a truce worked out after months of on-off negotiations brokered by Qatar and Egypt and backed by the United States, and has halted the fighting for the first time in more than a year.Following Saturday&#x27;s release, 90 hostages remain in Gaza, according to Israeli authorities, who have declared around a third of them dead in absentia.Twenty-six are still slated for release in the first phase, after which the sides are expected to negotiate the exchange of the rest, including men of military age, and withdrawal of Israeli forces.<div>(Production: Stamos Prousalis, Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh)</div>

The families of Israeli hostages freed over the weekend thanked U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (January 26) for the release of their daughters from Gaza.

The families of Israeli hostages freed over the weekend thanked U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (January 26) for the release of their daughters from Gaza.

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Israeli hostage families thank Trump for the release of their daughters from Gaza

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Published January 27, 2025 08:14 AM PHT

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