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What Matters Most On Monday, October 13, 2025

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Father of hostage who didn't come back holds on to hope

All 20 remaining living hostages return to Israel, after over 2 years in Hamas captivity

By Emanuel Fabian, Naomi Lanzkron, Nurit Yohanan, Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff

Hostages and Missing Families Forum accuses Hamas of ‘blatant violation’ of Gaza ceasefire after terror group says it will release just 4 of 28 slain hostages on Monday

An image of hostage Rom Braslavski and a masked terrorist in a video call while he was still in Hamas captivity on October 13, 2025 (Courtesy)

Hamas stages video calls between hostages, families in lieu of handover ceremonies

By Rossella Tercatin, Stav Levaton and ToI Staff

People celebrate as they watch a live broadcast of the release of Israeli hostages after more than two years of Hamas captivity, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, October 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Photo essayIsraelis erupt in joy as last living hostages released after 738 days in Gaza

Police salute a van carrying the remains of four hostages as they are being taken for identification on October 13, 2025 (Israel Police)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 13: Bodies of 4 hostages arrive at forensic institute for ID verification, autopsies

By Jacob Magid, Joshua Davidovich and Shira Silkoff

Father of hostage Tamir Nimrodi, who was not released Monday among living captives, says son’s fate ‘hasn’t been proven’ * Trump departs Egypt after whirlwind 24 hours in Mideast

8:43 pm

Photo: Bar Kuperstein reunites with father who learned to talk, walk again during his captivity
8:37 pm

Photo: Rom Braslavski watches sun set in Israel for first time since release
8:34 pm

Photo: Elkana Bohbot reunites with 5-year-old son Re'em after 2-year captivity

Einav Zangauker is reunited with her son, freed hostage Matan Zangkauer, after he was held in Gaza for over two years, in Re'im on October 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

‘My life, you hero!’: Emotional videos show returned hostages reuniting with their families

By ToI Staff, Jessica Steinberg and Emanuel Fabian

Parents make blessings, wrap themselves in Israeli flags; Omri Miran, whose daughter was a baby on October 7, gets to hear her say ‘Daddy,’ see older daughter, now 4

US President Donald Trump addresses the Knesset, October 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)

'America joins Israel in the vows Never forget; Never again'

Rapturously received in the Knesset, Trump tells Israel it won the war, now it’s time for peace

By Lazar Berman, Jacob Magid, Sam Sokol and Agencies

President praises Netanyahu for not ‘going kill, kill, kill’; says release of hostages marks ‘historic dawn’, urges Palestinians to abandon terror, prods Iran to open ties with Israel

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force One, October 12, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, as he heads to the Middle East. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘The war is over,’ Trump stresses as he heads to Israel for the hostage release

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Thousands gather at Hostages Square to celebrate the return of the hostages, October 13, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

‘Now is the time for peace’: Jewish organizations worldwide applaud hostage release

US President Donald Trump greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog during an arrival ceremony at Ben Gurion International Airport, October 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Netanyahu turns down last-minute invite to Egypt summit, citing upcoming holiday

By Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies

PM said to back out of Trump-brokered visit for fear of criticism over being seen with PA’s Abbas, Turkey’s Erdogan; Indonesia denies president to arrive Tuesday for historic visit

People hold Israeli flags in celebration after the arrival of freed hostages at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, following their release from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, October 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Daily Briefing Oct. 13: Day 738 – Emotional split screen as 20 hostages return home, Trump visits

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian describes the return of the final living hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza and what their status is

From one former hostage to 20 newly freed others

After 1,481 days in captivity in Cuba, I initially found liberty bittersweet: my heart and mind had to catch up to my body. And then, slowly and surely, they did

A sliver of redemption

The evil driven by rabid Jew-hatred is far from gone, but, as the hostages made their way to the waiting IDF today, a piece of light peeked out of the darkness

US Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff (center) speaks at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, accompanied by Jared Kushner (L) and Ivanka Trump, on October 11, 2025. (Paulina Patimer/Hostages and Missing Families Forum)

Witkoff and Kushner met directly with Hamas leaders last week to seal deal

By Lazar Berman

Envoys met with senior Hamas official Khalil al-Khaya in Sharm el-Sheikh with Trump’s approval, told him hostages ‘more of a liability than an asset’

US President Donald Trump (L) holds hands and speaks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on October 13, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)

Trump urges Herzog to pardon Netanyahu: ‘Who cares about cigars and champagne?’

US president’s call for end to PM’s trial during speech to Knesset prompts murmurs, cheers and chants of ‘Bibi’; Liberman advises Netanyahu: ‘He’s right. Take a pardon and quit at your peak’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lights a candle in memory of the victims of the war against Hamas in Gaza, next to a wall with faces of victims, at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem, October 12, 2025. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Netanyahu appeals for unity on eve of hostage releases, says military campaign not over

By Lazar Berman, Ariela Karmel and Emanuel Fabian

Gazan influencer dubbed ‘Mr. FAFO’ killed by militia opposed to Hamas in Gaza City

By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff

NYC mayoral frontrunner Mamdani’s wife mourns Saleh al-Jafarawi, who went viral in Israel for celebrating the Oct. 7 attack, then crying amid subsequent Israeli bombardment

Gazan influencer Saleh al-Jafarawi in a video posted on July 27, 2025. (Screenshot: X)

Officials say GHF aid sites being shut down, in accordance with Gaza deal

By AP and ToI Staff

Interview

‘We insist on the dignity of the hostages,’ says Red Cross chief ahead of hostage release

As the ICRC prepares to play a key role in the return of remaining hostages, Julien Lerisson defends its approach against criticism it has faced since Oct. 7

Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Israel Julien Lerisson. (courtesy ICRC)

A Palestinian celebrating on top of the burned car of the two Israeli soldiers who were taken from it and lynched next to Ramallah, October 12, 2000. (Flash 90)

Palestinian cop who joined lynching of 2 Israeli reservists to go free in Gaza deal

By Charlie Summers

Victim’s brother calls release of Raed Sheikh ‘inconceivable’ so close to 25th anniversary of Ramallah police station lynching, in which cop joined murderous mob

FILE: A convoy of Palestinian prisoners leave the Ketziot Prison in southern Israel, as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, February 27, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Criminal who raped, murdered teen boy in 1989 to be freed as part of Gaza deal

The daughters of hostage Omri Miran, Roni (4), and Alma (2), prepare for his anticipated return, October 12, 2025. (Lishay Miran-Lavi/X)

'After captivity, I don't know what son I'm getting back'

‘Ready for you:’ Hostage families prepare for loved ones’ return on last night apart

By Rossella Tercatin

Relatives of captives set to be released on Monday share their last-minute preparations as they pack suitcases and care packages

Israelis gather in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square to await the release of hostages from Gaza, October 13, 2025 (Yael Gadot / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

Hostages’ families assemble near Gaza border as nation anxiously awaits their return

By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Jessica Steinberg

The flag of Egypt sways in the wind on the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip on September 9, 2024. (AFP)

EU says its monitoring mission at Rafah pedestrian crossing to restart Wednesday

By AFP and Emanuel Fabian

‘The EU stands ready to do its part,’ top diplomat Kaja Kallas says as bloc aims to provide a neutral, third-party presence at key Egypt-Gaza crossing point

Mossad spy Eli Cohen, executed in Syria in 1965. (Israel GPO)

Spy Eli Cohen’s remains to be transferred to Israel soon from Syria – report

By Nurit Yohanan and ToI Staff

Cohen’s widow Nadia, responding to Saudi outlet’s report, says Mossad unaware of plans to return his body, which was buried in Damascus after his execution in 1965

From left: Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt win 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for their research on innovation-led economic growth. (Nobel Committee)

Israeli-American among three awarded Nobel prize in economics

By Sharon Wrobel and AP

Born in the Netherlands and raised in Haifa, Joel Mokyr is a world-renowned economic historian, known for his research on the history of technological innovation and sustained growth

Local residents stand by burnt vehicles after police in Pakistan clashed with thousands of protesters during a march in support of Palestinians, in Muridke near Lahore, Pakistan, October 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jahanzeb Khan)

5 killed as Pakistani police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters

Punjab Police Chief says demonstrators in Lahore opened fire on authorities, killing officer and wounding others as thousands began march to Islamabad in support of Gaza

Anti-Israel rioters clash with police in Bern, Switzerland, on October 11, 2025. (Screen capture via X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

18 cops injured in clashes with anti-Israel rioters in Swiss capital

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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