Crowds of demonstrators joined relatives of hostages held in Gaza for the weekly protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday following the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

After a tense afternoon, thousands cheer and hug as Jerusalem confirms Doron Steinbrecher, Emily Damari and Romi Gonen are in Israeli hands

Doron Steinbrecher, Romi Gonen and Emily Damari returned home after 471 days of captivity in the Gaza Strip. After such a long wait, the joy did not erase the anger felt by some Israelis, who have been calling for a ceasefire agreement for months.

The first three hostages were released from Gaza and the first Palestinian prisoners were freed from Israeli custody as the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold following 15 months

A screen broadcasting at Hostages Square is split between the Israeli army spokesman and a scene of Hamas fighter surrounding a van containing Israeli hostages on the verge of release, Jan. 19, 2024. (Ori Aviram/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli police said that an assailant stabbed and seriously wounded a person in the centre of commercial hub Tel Aviv on Saturday, before being shot and "neutralised" by a civilian.

TEL AVIV — Israelis celebrated the return Sunday evening of the first wave of hostages from the Gaza Strip, hours after Israel and Hamas ' long-awaited ceasefire went into effect and spurred many displaced Palestinians to begin the journey home by foot after 15 months of brutal conflict.

Italy's ITA Airways said on Monday it would resume flights between Rome and Tel Aviv, starting Feb. 1, after a four-month suspension triggered by conflicts in the Middle Eastern region. Connections "will be gradually resumed,

Emily Damari among first three hostages freed by Hamas as ceasefire deal takes effect, with 90 Palestinian held in Israeli jails also freed

Three Israeli hostages have been reunited with their families, while 90 Palestinian detainees have been released from prison

One of the Israeli hostages freed on the first day of the Gaza ceasefire said Monday in her first comments since being released that she has “returned to life.”