(NewsNation) — Families and crowds celebrated the release of hostages and prisoners Monday as Phase 1 of a ceasefire deal in Gaza went into effect.
In Israel, crowds gathered to welcome the 20 remaining living hostages, who had been held by Hamas for two years.
Released Israeli hostage, Omri Miran, held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas, embraces his wife, Lishay Miran-Lav, after being released as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Reim, Israel, on Oct. 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS) 
Matan Zangauker is reunited with his mother, Einav Zangauker, after being held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas, as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Reim, Israel, on Oct. 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS) 
Omri Miran, held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, is reunited with his wife, Lishay Miran-Lav, on Oct. 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS) 
Maksym Harkin, held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas, embraces a loved one after being released on Oct. 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS) 
Yosef-Chaim Ohana, held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas, kisses his mother after being released on Oct. 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS) 
Women react at “Hostages Square” on on Oct. 13, 2025, the day Hamas released hostages who have been held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas. (REUTERS/Shir Torem) 
People wait for the arrival of hostages on Oct. 13, 2025, who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas and taken to Gaza. (REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov) 
Macabit and Nir watch the release of their nephews, twins Gali Berman and Ziv Berman, as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas on Oct. 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS) 
The family of released Israeli hostage Eitan Abraham Mor celebrates Oct. 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS) 
Released hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal, who was kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas and taken to Gaza, reacts upon arrival at Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Itai Ron) 
Released Israeli hostage Alon Ohel is reunited with his family, after being held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Oct. 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS) 
Released Israeli hostage Alon Ohel rides in a helicopter with his family, after being held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas on Oct. 13, 2025. (Courtesy of Israel Defense Forces/Handout via REUTERS) 
Released Israeli hostage Evyatar David reunites with his parents Avishai and Galia on Oct. 13, 2025. (The David family/Handout via REUTERS) 
Released hostages arrive at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Hannah McKay) 
Returned hostage Eitan Mor reunites with his parents. (Image: IDF Spokesperson Unit) 
Returned hostage Eitan Mor reunites with his father. (Image: IDF Spokesperson Unit)
Palestinian families also gathered to welcome the more than 1,900 imprisoned and detained Palestinians released by Israel as part of the deal.
Many of those released had been detained during Israel’s military action in Gaza.
A freed Palestinian prisoner is greeted after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman) 
A freed Palestinian prisoner is greeted after he was released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad) 
A freed Palestinian prisoner is greeted after he was released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad) 
A freed Palestinian prisoner is carried as he is greeted by his relatives and friends after he was released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Oct.13, 2025. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad) 
Families wait for their relatives on the day Palestinian prisoners are released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad) 
Families wait for their relatives on the day Palestinian prisoners are released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad) 
Families wait for their relatives on the day Palestinian prisoners are released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad) 
People gather at Nasser hospital to welcome freed Palestinian prisoners released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Ramadan Abed) 
A freed Palestinian prisoner meets his family members after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma) 
A freed Palestinian prisoner embraces his daughter after he was released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad) 
A freed Palestinian prisoner is greeted after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman) 
People react as freed Palestinian prisoners arrive after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman) 
A freed Palestinian is greeted by his relatives and friends after he was released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad) 
A man greets a freed Palestinian prisoner released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa) 
People gather at Nasser hospital as they welcome freed Palestinian prisoners released by Israel as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 13, 2025. (REUTERS/Ramadan Abed)
Negotiations are continuing for future phases of the ceasefire deal.