The 20 surviving hostages were released “after 738 agonizing days in captivity,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement.

President Trump got a standing ovation after addressing Israeli lawmakers following Hamas' release of all living hostages under the Gaza peace deal.

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum released a letter addressing Steve Witkoff, pleading for him to 'leave no stone unturned' until the remaining deceased hostages are released by Hamas. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum urged US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff to apply pressure on Hamas to release the remaining 24 deceased hostages still held in the Gaza Strip in a letter published Tuesday.

Twenty Israeli hostages were released in Gaza Oct. 13 as part of the initial phase of a peace agreement between Israel and Hamas.

As 20 Israeli hostages returned home, Colette Lipszyc, mourning her fallen cousin, shares in the relief felt across North Texas after a historic Hamas prisoner release.

A drone view shows the destruction in a residential neighborhood following the withdrawal of the Israeli forces from the area, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Gaza City, October 12,

A greatly weakened Hamas has sought to reassert itself in Gaza since a ceasefire took hold, killing dozens of people in a crackdown on groups that have tested its grip and appearing to get a U.S. nod to temporarily police the shattered enclave.

President Donald Trump is due to meet with hostage families and address Israel’s Knesset, before heading to Egypt for an international summit on Gaza.