Israelis celebrated Monday as word spread that the 20 living Israeli hostages had been released by Hamas to the Red Cross, and as U.S. President Donald Trump touched down in Israel ahead of his speech to the Knesset.

“Trump arrives as a victor, and righteously so,” observed an analyst on Israel’s Army Radio.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog greeted him on the tarmac before driving together to Jerusalem — as hostage releases unfolded.

President Donald Trump speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they sit together in a car after a welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv…

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