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Detainees seek to return to their normal lives in Gaza after being freed from Israeli captivity, where some say they faced torture and beatings.
Just over a week after US President Donald Trump strong-armed Israel and Hamas into an agreement that halted the war, Palestinians in Gaza are beginning to put the pieces of their lives back together.
The first phase of the US-brokered ceasefire deal, which started on 10 October, saw an immediate end to fighting, the partial withdrawal of Israeli troops to a so-called yellow line along the north, east and south of Gaza, and an increase of aid.
Jared Kushner and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff spoke to CBS' "60 Minutes" about helping to negotiate the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
"If they are successful, Hamas will fail, and Gaza will not be a threat to Israel in the future," Kushner said. The U.S. peace deal, still in its first phase, saw Hamas release 20 living hostages, and so far return the bodies of at least 10 confirmed deceased hostages .
This long and difficult war has ended. So President Donald Trump proudly declared to his audiences delight on Monday afternoon, Oct. 13, in Jerusalem at the Knesset. In vintage
Hamas will hand over the bodies of two Israeli hostages, the armed wing of the militant group said on Saturday.