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The long-awaited day that saw the return of surviving Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners gave an early indication of the tough challenges awaiting Donald Trump's Gaza plan. On a whirlwind trip to Israel, the U.S. president said the time for peace is now.
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The US president says the ceasefire will hold and the second phase of negotiations for a lasting peace are under way.
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President Trump participated in a signing ceremony at the peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, marking the first phase of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
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After speaking in Israel, Trump traveled to Egypt for an international "peace summit" with more than 20 world leaders on what's next for Gaza.
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Jonathan Dekel-Chen, father of freed Israeli hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen, said seeing his son for the first time in February after he spent months in captivity was like having him "born again." Dekel-Chen praised the new peace deal freeing the remaining hostages, and also called for the quick return of the bodies of hostages killed during the conflict.
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President Donald Trump addressed the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, on Monday before traveling to Egypt for a peace summit.
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"We were happy for our prisoners — and for the Israelis, too," one Gaza resident said. "We love peace and the truce."
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President Donald Trump heads to Israel, where he will address members of Israel's parliament before going to a Middle East peace summit in Egypt. NBC News' Richard Engel and Peter Alexander detail reaction from Arab leaders and Trump's schedule for the coming days.
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