STORY: U.S. President Donald Trump landed at Israel's Ben Gurion airport on Monday (October 13) as the first group of Israeli hostages were handed over by Hamas.

Trump was met by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara, Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump.

Hamas handed over the hostages seized in the October 7, 2023 attack on Monday, a key step in ending two years of devastating conflict in Gaza as part of a ceasefire deal pushed by Trump.

The releases are one of the most important parts of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement concluded last week in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where Trump and other world leaders will be meeting later on Monday.

Two years of war have left Gaza in ruins, with nearly all its people homeless, and caused a humanitarian disaster on a massive scale. It has also reshaped the Middle East through Israeli conflicts with Iran, Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthis.

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VIDEO SHOWS: AIR FORCE ONE PLANE, CARRYING U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, LANDING AT BEN GURION AIRPORT / TRUMP EXITING PLANE / TRUMP BEING GREETED BY ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: LOCATION FOR THIS EDIT IS BEN GURION AIRPORT, ISRAEL, NOT AS PREVIOUSLY STATED TEL AVIV, ISRAEL. PLEASE DISREGARD VIDEO SLATE INFORMATION

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SHOWS: BEN GURION AIRPORT, ISRAEL (OCTOBER 13, 2025) (GPO - Access all)

1. AIR FORCE ONE, CARRYING U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, IN AIR

2. RED CARPET WITH MAN CARRYING U.S. AND ISRAELI FLAGS ON TARMAC

3. AIR FORCE ONE ON TARMAC

4. MILITARY BAND PLAYING

5. AIR FORCE ONE TAXIING ON TARMAC

6. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU GREETING OFFICIALS

7. PLANE ON TARMAC

8. NETANYAHU AND OFFICIALS WAITING ON RED CARPET

9. IVANKA TRUMP WITH HUSBAND JARED KUSHNER AND MIDDLE EAST STEVE WITKOFF STANDING

10. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP EXITING PLANE

11. NETANYAHU AND WIFE, SARA NETANYAHU, ON RED CARPET

12. TRUMP DESCENDING STAIRS AND GREETING ISRAELI PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG AND WIFE MICHAL HERZOG / GREETING NETANYAHU AND WIFE

13. AIR FORCE ONE

14. TRUMP TALKING TO NETANYAHU

15. AIR FORCE ONE

16. TRUMP GREETING IVANKA AND HUSBAND

17. TRUMP WALKING WITH NETANYAHU ON RED CARPET

18. VARIOUS OF TRUMP AND NETANYAHU WALKING ON RED CARPET

19. CAR CARRYING TRUMP AND NETANYAHU

20. VARIOUS OF TRUMP AND NETANYAHU ENTERING CAR

21. VARIOUS OF TRUMP AND NETANYAHU TALKING INSIDE CAR

22. VARIOUS OF MOTORCADE LEAVING