Hamas released all 20 living Israeli hostages Monday, and Israel released more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. U.S. President Donald Trump visited the region to discuss postwar plans.

The second phase of discussions takes on issues such as postwar governance in Gaza, new security arrangements under an Arab-led force and the disarmament of Hamas.

The hostages were released after Hamas faced widespread criticism and accusations it violated Trump’s peace deal.

President Donald Trump says the strikes against Iranian nuclear sites were key to the Israel-Hamas deal following the release of 20 Israeli hostages from Gaza.

Israel accused Hamas of violating a days-old ceasefire agreement with the slow release of the remains of dead hostages.

Some of the Democratic Party’s most outspoken critics of Israel’s war in Gaza, lawmakers who for months have accused the Jewish state of committing genocide, have remained strikingly silent in the days since President Donald Trump’s brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect.

President Donald Trump received praise from Time magazine, which touted his "triumph" in the Middle East for brokering the Israel-Hamas peace agreement on its new cover.

Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff addressed thousands at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, expressing support for hostage families amid the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.