Former hostages and families of those still held in Gaza burst into celebration at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square on Thursday (October 9), as news broke of a breakthrough in the Trump-brokered deal.

Natalie Zangauker, sister of captive Matan Zangauker, popped a bottle of champagne as crowds around her cheered.

Einav Zangauker, protest leader and mother of Matan, wept as she hugged former hostage Omer Shem Tov.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (October 8) that Israel and Hamas had reached a long-sought deal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release under his plan for ending the two-year-old war in the Palestinian enclave.

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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (OCTOBER 9, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. NATALIE ZANGAUKER, SISTER OF HOSTAGE MATAN ZANGAUKER POPPING BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE AS PEOPLE AROUND HER CHEER / NATALIE EMBRACING A WOMAN / FORMER HOSTAGE EMILY DAMARI (WEARING WHITE CAP) JUMPING AS SHE HUGS A MAN, CHANTING

2. TEARFUL EINAV ZANGAUKER, PROTEST LEADER AND MOTHER OF HOSTAGE MATAN ZANGAUKER HUGGING FORMER HOSTAGE OMER SHEM TOV SAYING (Hebrew) :"Do you believe it? The words you said yesterday were so moving, my love. Thank God, thank God, thank God.."

3. PEOPLE CELEBRATING AT HOSTAGES SQUARE