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The ceasefire on Wednesday was largely holding, although Hamas described Israeli attacks in Gaza as violations of the agreement.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dr. Hagai Levine, head of the medical team for the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, about the road to recovery for hostages just released from captivity.

The tenuous ceasefire in the two-year Israel-Hamas war appears to be holding even as complex issues remained ahead.

Twenty hostages are released by Hamas and more than 1,900 Palestinian detainees and prisoners are released by Israel as President Trump visits Israel and Egypt to mark an end to the Gaza war.

All 20 surviving Israeli hostages have been freed by Hamas after spending more than two years in captivity in Gaza.

As part of the ceasefire deal, Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners on Monday. The majority were detainees and prisoners arrested in Gaza and returned there to a huge celebratory crowd.

With start of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and release of hostages and prisoners, here are some key figures related to the Gaza war and the Hamas-led attack on Israel that sparked it.

Among the 2,000 Palestinians freed in the Gaza ceasefire deal were 250 serving life terms for attacks on Israelis dating back decades.

Hamas on Monday began releasing the final Israeli hostages held captive in Gaza, a major milestone in the efforts to end the devastating two years of war in the Palestinian territory.

After more than two years in captivity, 20 hostages abducted during Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, are set to return to Israel.