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In pictures: Israelis celebrate hostage deal

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People celebrate at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv as negotiators are set to sign a deal to free all hostages from Gaza, Oct. 9, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
Every emotion under the sun can be seen on the faces of those reacting to the news.
Celebrations at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv as negotiators get set to sign a deal freeing all hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Oct. 9, 2025. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

The prime minister’s office said that the U.S. president committed to a final deal that will include removal of nuclear material, dismantling enrichment facilities, limits on missiles and halting Iran’s support for terror proxies.
The ruling follows a Board of Immigration Appeals determination that Mohsen Mahdawi is deportable, a decision he is now challenging in federal court.
Rabbi Raphi Steiner told JNS that he worries that his son is growing up in an environment “wondering why some hater decided it would be a good idea to write on his shul that Jews don’t belong here.”
“Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republican of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as president of the United States of America, canceled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening,” the president said.
Michael and David Shabsels, who operate 30 camps across four states, reported up to $1 billion in liabilities as a New Jersey court approved continued access to funds to keep camps operating.
“Sports should bring communities together, not celebrate martyrdom,” Regina Sassoon Friedland of the American Jewish Committee told JNS about the Fedayeen Football League.