**Live Wire Updates**: Hamas Releases All Israeli Hostages From Gaza
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**Live Wire Updates**: Hamas Releases All Israeli Hostages From Gaza
Israelis react as they watch the release of Israeli hostages by Hamas during a live broadcKobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty
Joshua Caplan
12 Oct 2025
TEL AVIV—All 20 living hostages were delivered safely home to Israel on Monday morning, freed from the clutches of Hamas terrorists who have been holding them since the October 7, 2023 attack.
As Israel celebrated the return, U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to address the Knesset.
Later Monday Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to Egypt together to join the Gaza peace summit which will be held in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. In exchange, Israel will free approximately 2,000 Palestinian terrorist prisoners, including 250 serving long sentences and 1,700 detained during the conflict.
As he entered the Knesset, Trump said Palestinian terrorist group Hamas would comply with a provision under his plan for it to disarm. Speaking to reporters before beginning his speech, Trump replied “yes” when asked whether Gaza’s war was over.
***Follow all of the events on the Breitbart News Live Wire below. All times in Israel Standard Time (IST).***
2:57 PM: President Trump’s criticizes Obama and Biden, calling the Iran Deal nothing short of a disaster.
#SONDAKİKA ABD Başkanı Trump: Bir yıl önce ABD ne yazık ki ölü bir devletti. Eski devlet başkanı gittikten sonra yeniden hayata döndü. Şu andaki ateşkes süreci çok daha önce olabilirdi. Obama ve Biden yüzünden bu süreç gecikti. pic.twitter.com/jUKtosFZqq
2:57 PM: President Trump’s delivers powerful plea to Israel’s enemies to join the Abraham Accords.
.@POTUS: "It's more obvious than ever that the productive and responsible nations of this region should not be enemies or adversaries, you should be partners — and eventually even friends." pic.twitter.com/0W7sAddq3Q
2:53 PM: Unsurprisingly, President Trump’s speech is getting wall-to-wall coverage on cable news.
All eyes on President Trump speaking in Jerusalem after 20 living hostages were freed and a peace deal was reached between Israel and Hamas. pic.twitter.com/abl7whcUqh
.@POTUS: "It should now be clear to everyone throughout the region that decades of fomenting terrorism and extremism, jihadism and anti-Semitism, have not worked... From Gaza to Iran, those bitter hatreds have delivered nothing but misery, suffering, failure, and death." pic.twitter.com/HKtypitPn1
As Trump addresses the Knesset, the @IDF continues to release footage of hostages coming home to their families — in this case, Matan Zangauker. pic.twitter.com/6KptplHG80
2:16 PM: President Trump is now addressing the Knesset, telling lawmakers the U.S.-brokered peace deal is just the end of terror and death, ushering in a “historic dawn” in the Middle East. Trump also said: “This is not only the end of a war, but the end of an age of terror and death, and the beginning of an age of faith and hope.”
.@POTUS: "This is not only the End of a war—it is the END of an age of terror and death, and the BEGINNING of the age of faith, hope, and of God... This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East." pic.twitter.com/TKIO6tBSTw
.@POTUS: "Generations from now, this will be remembered as the moment that everything began to change... Like the USA right now, it will be the GOLDEN AGE of Israel and the Golden Age of the Middle East." pic.twitter.com/kENG7rR2kZ
Trump also says: “We gather on a day of profound joy and soaring hope, of renewed faith, and above all, a day to give our deepest thanks to the Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
TRUMP AT KNESSET: "We gather on a day of profound joy and soaring hope, of renewed faith, and above all, a day to give our deepest thanks to the Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."pic.twitter.com/EKBN328XrG
.@POTUS: "Two years ago... thousands of innocent Israeli civilians were attacked by terrorists in one of the most evil and heinous desecrations of innocent life the world has ever seen... please know that America joins you in those two everlasting vows—NEVER FORGET, and NEVER… pic.twitter.com/PwzVakflqC
2:06 PM: An important point by Israeli Opposition leader Yair Lapid:
Opposition leader @yairlapid adds that foreign critics who attacked Israel had been deceived. "There was no genocide," he said. "They played with your minds, selling you that supporting Islamic terror is somehow a liberal value."
1:55 PM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he has nominated President Donald Trump to be the first non-Israeli citizen for the Israel Prize, the country’s highest award, and predicted the president would win the Nobel Peace Prize in 2026.
🇮🇱🇺🇸 NETANYAHU: “THE NOBEL IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME”
“Mr. President, thank you for all you have done for us.
I have submitted your nomination to be the first non-Israeli recipient of the Israel Prize, Israel's highest award.
🇮🇱🇺🇸 NETANYAHU: “YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, ARE INSCRIBED IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION”
“Welcome to Israel in this moving day, exciting day, that will be inscribed in the history on the Annals of Israel, and you too, Mr. President, will be inscribed in the history of our nation, and… https://t.co/vKimUSFbcypic.twitter.com/gS7tY1cYqg
1:25 PM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed President Donald Trump in a speech at the Knesset, saying he is “the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House.”
🇮🇱🇺🇸Benjamin Netanyahu:
“Donald Trump is the greatest friend that the state of Israel has ever had in the White House."
1:19 PM: Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana opened his address with a striking historical comparison, declaring that former President Donald Trump is not merely “another American president,” but a figure of profound significance, a “giant of Jewish history—one for whom we must look back two and a half millennia into the mists of time to find a parallel, in Cyrus the Great.”
.@AmirOhana takes the liberty of a rare moment when the Knesset has been instructed not to interrupt or heckle as usual, and to praise @netanyahu for resisting intense pressures to give up the war, bringing about the peace deal. "The right man, at the right time," Ohana declares. https://t.co/gFiMUfGugD
Helicopter carrying the newly released hostages to Ichilov Hospital flew over Hostage Square moments ago…tens of thousands erupted in thunderous applause. 😭 ♥️ pic.twitter.com/bCjSWNxJkd
1:09 PM: Netanyahu has now canceled his participation in the summit in Egypt, citing the start time of the Jewish holiday, Simchat Torah, which is the celebration of marking the conclusion of the annual cycle of public Torah readings, and the beginning of a new cycle.
Drama after drama: PM Office: Netanyahu was invited by President Trump to attend the conference taking place today in Egypt. Netanyahu thanked President Trump for the invitation but said he would not be able to attend due to the close timing with the start of the holiday.
1:06 PM: Trump received a standing ovation as he arrived at the Israeli parliament after the historic release of hostages. In excerpts released to the media, Trump will use the Knesset address to call on Israel to “translate these victories against terrorists on the battlefield into the ultimate prize of peace and prosperity for the entire Middle East.”
JUST IN: President Trump received a standing ovation as he arrived at the Israeli parliament after the historic release of hostages.
12:36 PM: Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto will visit Israel tomorrow, marking the first visit of a head of state from Jakarta to the Jewish state, a source tells the Times of Israel.
12:30 PM: Released Israeli hostages Eitan Mor and brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, reunited with their families, were airlifted by the Israeli Air Force from Re’im base to Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv, where preparations are underway for a potential visit by President Trump to meet the Bermans, the Times of Israel reports.
12:15 PM: In a Trump-brokered phone call at the Knesset, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi’s invitation to attend today’s international summit on the U.S. Gaza peace plan in Sharm el-Sheikh, with the American president listening in, the Times of Israel reports, citing Channel 12.
11:40 AM: Israelis are rejoicing at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv following confirmation that Hamas had released 20 living Israeli hostages to the Red Cross.
11:36 AM: Below is a live feed of President Trump’s address at the Knesset:
11:13 AM: President Trump arrived at the Knesset, where he was greeted by Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana. The president then signed the Knesset’s guestbook, writing: “This is my great honor — a great and beautiful day. A new beginning.”
11:00 AM: The remaining 13 living hostages have been released by Hamas in Gaza to the Red Cross, an Israeli source told CNN.
10:40 AM: President Trump is en route to Jerusalem, where he will meet with the families of the hostages and deliver an address to Israel’s Knesset. Trump will be the fourth U.S. president to ever speak before the Knesset’s plenum.
10:31 AM: N12News Chief political analyst shared the first image of freed hostage Gali Berman in Israel with IDF soldiers.
10:24 AM: President Trump has landed at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport, where he was warmly greeted on the tarmac by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
Trump was also greeted by U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and former senior White House advisor and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who played key roles in securing the U.S.-brokered peace plan.
10:00 AM: The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office released the names of seven hostages who were safely returned to Israeli territory, marking a significant development in ongoing regional tensions.The freed individuals are Ohel Alon, Angrest Matan, Berman Gali, Berman Ziv, Gilboa-Dalal Guy, Mor Eitan, and Miran Omri, according to an official statement.
Joel Pollak and Simon Kent contributed to this report.
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