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Monday, October 13, 2025
Trump watches livestream of hostage releases from Air Force One en route to Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNava Freiberg is The Times of Israel's deputy diplomatic correspondent.
US President Donald Trump watches a livestream of the ongoing release of Israeli hostages from Gaza while aboard Air Force One as he travels to Israel for a whirlwind visit, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“History in the making,” Leavitt captions an uploaded photo of the livestream taken from aboard the flight and shared on social media.
Trump is expected to land within the hour, ahead of his address to the Knesset and meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and families of the hostages. He is scheduled to depart for Egypt at 1:00 p.m.
President Trump watching from Air force one the hostage handover.
As shared by @PressSec on @instagram pic.twitter.com/veRcybTYhR
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