WATCH LIVE: Trump addresses Israeli parliament as hostages released in landmark peace deal
President Trump is addressing Israel’s parliament after all 20 surviving hostages have been released from Gaza.
“After two harrowing years in darkness and captivity, 20 courageous hostages are returning to the glorious embrace of their families, and it is glorious,” Trump said at the beginning of his speech.
The release of the hostages is the first phase of the peace deal between Israel and Hamas, with the remains of the other hostages expected to be released later on Monday.
Officials from the United States are also in attendance inside the Knesset, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Dan Caine, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and senior adviser Stephen Miller.
Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter, is also in attendance with her husband, Jared Kushner, who helped organize the peace deal with Steve Witkoff.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Knesset in Hebrew, thanking Trump multiple times.
Netanyahu also excitedly spoke about the return of the surviving hostages.
“This is your first visit to Israel since you recognized Jerusalem as our capital and moved the embassy here,” the Israeli Prime Minister said. “Thank you for recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.”
Netanyahu then spoke in English, speaking to Trump and thanking him for the United States’ policies that benefit Israel.
“Thank you for recognizing in your 2020 peace plan our rights in Judea and Samaria, the ancestral homeland of the Jewish people. Thank you for withdrawing from the disastrous Iran nuclear deal. This is only a partial list, but it’s enough to affirm what I’ve said time and again – Donald Trump is the greatest friend that the State of Israel has ever had in the White House,” Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu said that he is “committed to this peace,” listed in Trump’s ceasefire plan.
According to Netanyahu, Trump has displayed “pivotal leadership in putting forward a proposal that got the backing of almost the entire world.”
Amir Ohana, the speaker of the Knesset, addressed parliament members while praising Trump, saying that “no one is more deserving” than Trump to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, promising that Israel will nominate Trump next year.
“Thousands of years from now, Mr. President, the Jewish people will remember you. We are a nation that remembers,” Ohana said.
Ohana thanked Trump multiple times, saying that “not a single person on this planet who did more than you to advance peace,” and expressed his gratitude over Trump’s continued support of Israel.
After his address, Trump will travel to Egypt to join a Middle East peace summit.
Trump and more than 20 countries will discuss Gaza’s future.
In addition to the hostages being released, 250 Palestinian prisoners who have been in Israel since Oct. 7, 2023, are also being released.
As Trump entered the room to give his speech, the Israeli Parliament broke out into applause that lasted for several minutes.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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@DavidNaser-n9q
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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@cathymoody2180
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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@cathymoody2180
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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@NunYa-j6k
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
I am going to puke.
@matthewgriffiths527
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
The amount of fake comments is astounding. Israel is not liked by the majority of the world.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
HAIL TRUMP, We must secure the existence of our people and a future for jewish children
@lizzm7589
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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@mohammadchaudhry1255
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
WORLD NEEDS PEACE
@saintgermain7402
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
There was NEVER a country called “Palestine,” only a British Territory in the area that was previously named Palestine! And these so-called Palestinians mostly came to this land, that God had promised to Israel—FOREVER—as small hated tribes of Arabs who fled out of the burning sands of Saudi Arabia. These mis-named "Palestinians" are one of the ancient enemies of the Jews, the born-again "Philistines."
The Edomites, Moabites, and Canaanites have also opposed Israel throughout all biblical history as the haters, persecutors and murderers of the TRUE God and His People!
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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@Jacqueline-m6q
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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@elizasheppard3943
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
For one reason God extended Our President Trump’s life to be able to help countries that are being destroyed by the evil 😈 people
Glory be to God!
Glory to Israel 🇮🇱 ❤
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November 19, 2025 at 8:28 pm
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