Last living hostages all released after 738 days in Hamas hell

They’re free.

All living hostages in Gaza were released by Hamas Monday — with all 20 reportedly walking to Red Cross trucks under their own power following a historic cease-fire deal forced by President Trump.

The first seven hostages returned to Israel around 2:30 a.m. ET Monday after being transported out of the Palestinian territory by Red Cross trucks. The remaining 13 hostages were released by Hamas hours later.

Emotional scenes emerged as the hostages spoke to family members for the first time after 738 days in Hamas hell.

Twin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, who were kept apart for two years, embraced as they were finally reunited.

Mothers and fathers sobbed as they saw their sons for the first time in video calls. In person reunions were expected later on Monday.

The bodies of 28 other hostages are still in the Palestinian enclave and are expected to be released over the next several days.

The survivors’ two-year nightmare is finally ending following Israel’s devastating war, which was meant to crush Hamas and free the captives.

More than 250 hostages were originally taken during the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attacks on southern Israel.

The captives endured horrific conditions, according to survivors who were released as part of previous deals or rescued by the Israel Defense Forces. They reported being tortured, raped and starved.

One hostage, Evyatar David, was forced to dig his own grave as part of a sick Hamas propaganda video released in August, which showed him extremely gaunt.

In September 2024, Hamas executed six hostages with point-blank shots after Israeli troops got too close to their hiding place.

The war also devastated Gaza, with huge swaths of the enclave destroyed by Israeli strikes. More than 67,000 Palestinians were killed, according to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry.

That figure does not differentiate between civilians and terrorists.

The release of the hostages marks a major turning point in the Gaza war — and a step toward ending it once-and-for-all, per Trump’s 20-point peace plan.

After Israel agreed to the cease-fire deal, it withdrew its troops from much of Gaza and stopped attacking Hamas.

What comes next is a complex deal, in which Trump and Israel’s Middle Eastern neighbors will work to force Hamas to disarm and give up power.

Along with the living captives, Hamas was ordered to hand over the bodies of all the dead hostages whose whereabouts it knows, with an international effort set to begin to locate the remains of those missing.

It remains unclear how many bodies Hamas and its extremist allies have lost in the war, which saw large swaths of Gaza reduced to rubble and the terror network’s tunnel system repeatedly blown up.

The conditions of two others, Bipin Joshi, 24, and Tamir Nimrodi, 20, were unknown to the public before the hostage exchange.

Like with the previous hostage exchanges, the Red Cross was scheduled to drop the hostages off with the Israeli military, which will proceed to transport the captives to medical facilities to be treated.