Hamas released 17 more hostages Sunday after 13 were freed on Saturday. Additionally, 39 Palestinians were expected to be released from Israeli custody on Sunday after 39 were freed Saturday.
The family of released Israelis are celebrating their return home, but are still praying those still in captivity will also be freed.
The hostages released Saturday have returned to Israel.
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Israel hostage deal: What is it?
Israel and Hamas have reached a deal for the release of 50 hostages held captive by the terrorist organization in exchange for a 4-day pause in hostilities and the release of Palestinian prisoners.
The cessation in fighting could be extended an extra day for every 10 hostages released by Hamas.
Three Americans could be released in the deal.
The Red Cross will visit hostages who have not yet been released.
Hamas said Israel would release 150 Palestinian prisoners as part of the deal.
Hamas took 240 people hostage and killed over 1,200 in its October 7 terrorist attacks.
One of the children freed from being held hostage in Gaza appears to have dissociated from her horrific ordeal, talking about the past 50 days in captivity as if it happened to someone else, her uncle said.
Yair Rotem, who is Hila Rotem Shoshani's uncle, said Monday that the 13-year-old speaks unusually about the events.
"She speaks about facts that happened," Rotem told "Today" show correspondent Richard England, who replied, "Like it happened to someone else?"
"Yeah, it's like a story," Rotem said. "She doesn't get settled when she talks about it."
Freed American Israeli hostage Avigail Idan's family thanked supporters and asked for privacy after she was released by Hamas as part of the third group of captives returned in the temporary truce with Israel.
"She just landed in the hospital and she is being checked and taken care of," the 4-year-old hostage's aunt, Ella Mor, said in a video posted to X Sunday.
"I want to thank everyone for all your love and support, it's amazing and thank you so much."
Mor asked for space for the child as she recovers from the ordeal.
"I just want to say she has family and we are taking care of her so don't worry about it," Mor said. "It's very important to let her be now with the family, no press and photographs and paparazzi, it's very important for her safety and health right now."
Avigail was orphaned when her parents were killed while protecting her from Hamas terrorists on October 7. She was trapped beneath her father’s bloodied body, and crawled to a neighbor’s house before finally being captured.
A Russian Israeli hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas during its surprise attack on the Nova Music Festival was able to escape his captors and hide for four days before Gazans turned him back over to the terrorists, his aunt has revealed.
Roni Krivoi, 25, who was released by the terror group Sunday, was being held in a building in Gaza that ended up collapsing as a result of an Israel Defense Forces airstrike, his aunt, Yelena Magid, told Israeli public radio, according to the Jerusalem Post.
Roni Krivoi, 25, was reportedly able to escape Hamas terrorists and hide in Gaza for several days. AP
“He managed to escape the rubble and break free,” she said, noting that he suffered head trauma in the building collapse.
But because he was in unfamiliar territory, Krivoi was not able to make it far — and instead decided to hide in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas released 17 more hostages Sunday, including nine children and an 84-year-old mother of five who Israel said is in life-threatening condition.
Sunday’s group of 14 Israeli citizens and three Thai nationals brings the total freed since the four-day ceasefire with Israel began Thursday to 58.
Among those released was the first American citizen to be freed during the cease-fire: a girl who turned 4 years old in captivity and whose parents were murdered by the terror group during its October 7 attack on Israel.
A Russian-Israeli was also freed — the first Israeli adult male to be released during the cease-fire. He was working as a sound engineer at the Tribe of Nova music festival when it was overwhelmed by Hamas.
In return for the hostages, Israel agreed to hand over dozens of Palestinian prisoners and send truckloads of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Footage appeared to show 4-year-old survivor Abigail Mor Edan.
Footage of the transfer of 17 hostages freed from Hamas Sunday appeared to show Israeli-American survivor Abigail Mor Edan.
A child resembling Abigail -- who turned 4-years-old in captivity on Friday -- was seen in the back of a Red Cross Landcruiser as a convoy transferring the hostages as part of a ceasefire deal made its way through a crowd to safety in Israel.
The young girl was orphaned when her parents were gunned down while protecting her from Hamas terrorists on October 7. Abigail was trapped beneath her father's dead and bloodied body, and crawled to a neighbor's house before finally being captured. Her older siblings, 6 and 9, managed to escape.
The world has watched for the young girl's return since Hamas' attack on Oct. 7.
Abigail is the first American hostage taken by Hamas in their October attack on Israel to be released.
Her tragic story, and her enduring survival, has become a touchpoint for Americans and Israelis alike.
"I have just spoken with President Biden with great emotion, also about little Avigail, of course," Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. "What a joy it is to see her with us, but, on the other hand, how sad it is that she is returning to a reality in which she has no parents."
"She has no parents -- but she has an entire nation that embraces her and we will take care of all her needs."
Protesters blocked the Manhattan Bridge on Sunday to demand a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, which have been at war since Oct. 7, 2023. Bill Farrington
A number of arrests were made as hundreds of protesters sat down on the heavily trafficked East River overpass and held their fists in the air while shouting “Let Gaza Live” and wearing shirts that read “Cease Fire Now.”
They called for President Joe Biden to end his support of Israel’s military campaign.
“Business as usual cannot continue, as thousands of Palestinians are trapped under the rubble,” Jay Saper, of the protest-organizing Jewish Voice for Peace, told The Post.
“We’ve gathered to raise our voices for a permanent and lasting cease-fire. The majority of Americans are with us, polling shows that.
Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu said watching the return of hostages released by Hamas throughout the weekend simply "stirs the soul" in a video statement released after speaking with President Biden Sunday.
"There is also an outline that says that it is possible to release an additional ten hostages each day. That would be welcome," said the PM, who also vowed to continue Israel's mission to eradicate the terror group once the cease-fire lifts.
"At the same time, I also told President Biden that at the end of the outline, we will go back to realizing our goals with full force: eliminating Hamas, ensuring that Gaza will not go back to being what it was and, of course, releasing all of our hostages."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening:
"We brought back another group of hostages this evening – women and children, and we are moved from the depths of our hearts, the entire nation, when we see this reuniting of families. It simply stirs the soul. pic.twitter.com/u317maE8sd
Fifty-eight hostages have been released by Hamas since the four-day cease-fire with Israel began Friday morning. The terror group agreed to return 50 hostages taken in its October 7 attack, while Israel agreed to hand over 150 Palestinian prisoners.
Hamas was given the opportunity to extend the cease-fire one day for every 10 additional hostages released.
"What a joy it is to see her with us, but, on the other hand, how sad it is that she is returning to a reality in which she has no parents," Netanyahu said, explaining that he and Biden discussed her situation on their call.
"She has no parents -- but she has an entire nation that embraces her, and we will take care of all her needs."
Elon Musk will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, along with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and the families of those taken hostage by Hamas.
Herzog's office said that the meeting with the owner of X will be primarily focused on the rise of antisemitism around the world since the war with Hamas began.
"In their meeting, the president will emphasize the need to act to combat rising antisemitism online,” Herzog's office said in a statement.
Elon Musk will meet with Israeli leadership on Monday. via REUTERS
Musk and X have also been accused by the liberal watchdog group Media Matters for America of promoting neo-Nazi and antisemitic content on the platform, a claim Musk has vehemently denied.
Hamas terrorists claimed Sunday night that they want to extend their four-day cease-fire, and Israel's war cabinet reportedly discussed the possibility.
The Palestinian group said in a statement they want “to extend the truce after the four-day period ends, through serious efforts to increase the number of those released from imprisonment as stipulated in the humanitarian ceasefire agreement,’’ according to CNN.
Israel's war cabinet met behind closed doors Sunday night and also talked about the scenario, an Israeli source told the outlet.
But the source said an extension of the temporary pause in fighting would continue to require Hamas to free at least 10 prisoners for every day it lasts.
The Israel-Hamas cease-fire began last week, fueled mainly by the release of Hamas hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
More than 120 truckloads of supplies and humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip Sunday, according to Egyptian authorities.
The trucks were carrying food, water, cooking gas, fuel, and medical supplies, according to CNN, and were headed to northern Gaza.
They are part of the cease-fire deal negotiated between Israel and Hamas, in which the terror group agreed to release 50 hostages in return for a four-day truce, the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners, and truckloads of supplies.
The aid was delivered through the United Nations and Palestinian Red Crescent Society, Egyptian officials said.
Protesters demanding a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas have blocked off the Manhattan Bridge in New York City, according to reports.
Photos from the Manhattan side of the bridge posted to X showed demonstrators wearing "Ceasefire now" shirts standing arm in arm and blocking traffic, while others milled about the bridge's archway and tried to hang up a banner.
Demonstrators have passed out fliers to trapped drivers that say they are "genuinely sorry for the inconvenience this is causing you;" then explain the interruption of the vital roadway into the city is necessary to "pressure President Biden and Congress to end the US's complicity" in Israel's bombing of Gaza, according to reports.
Protesters blocked off the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge on Sunday. Bill Farrington
The protesters have also reportedly handed out water and oranges to stymied drivers.
Police were photographed standing nearby with bundles of zip-ties at the ready for detaining demonstrators. Up to three people have reportedly been arrested so far.
