As Israel and Hamas traded hostages and prisoners on Monday, President Donald Trump addressed the Israeli parliament, saying the region is finally at peace and claiming he has now ended eight wars in eight months.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called President Donald Trump as Israel's greatest friend and nominated him for the 'Israel prize' for the new peace deal with Hamas.

U.S. President Donald Trump is set to receive the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor, the nation’s most prestigious civilian award, for his role in brokering a Gaza ceasefire and securing the release of hostages.

On October 7, 2023, Kibbutz Nir Oz was all but burned to ashes, with over a quarter of its residents murdered or abducted. On Monday, the community gathered to welcome loved ones back home.

President Trump hailed " the historic dawn of a new Middle East" in remarks to Israeli lawmakers at the Knesset on Monday, after all living hostages were reunited with their families.

The whirlwind trip, which included a speech at the Knesset in Jerusalem earlier in the day, comes at a fragile moment of hope for ending two years of war between Israel and Hamas.

President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner felt “betrayed” by Israel’s airstrikes targeting senior Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, last month while negotiations with the terrorist group were ongoing, Witkoff told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” on Friday, sitting next to Kushner.

Donald Trump urged Israel to shift focus from waging war against Hamas to what he called the ultimate prize of “peace and prosperity” in the Middle East region as he became just the fifth American president on Monday to address the Knesset.