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Trump's Israel visit in photos: Knesset hails POTUS with 2.5-minute ovation as he avers ‘painful nightmare is over’
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US President Donald Trump receives a two-and-a-half-minute standing ovation from lawmakers in the Knesset plenary.
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President Donald Trump at the Knesset, Israel's unicameral legislature, in Jerusalem on Monday. (@netanyahu X/ANI Photo)(@netanyahu X)
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Israeli Knesset member Ayman Odeh (2R) is escorted out after holding a sign reading "Recognise Palestine" during a speech by US President Donald Trump at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem on October 13, 2025.(Photo by Evan Vucci / POOL / AFP)(AFP)
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US President Donald Trump addresses the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem on October 13, 2025. Trump hailed an end to a "painful nightmare" after two years of war in Gaza during an address to Israel's parliament on October 13. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP)(AFP)
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset on the day of Trump's address, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool(REUTERS)
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President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before he boards Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv, as Israel's President Isaac Herzog watches at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)(AP)
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Trump addresses the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, next to Amir Ohana, Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, and Israeli President Isaac Herzog on October 13, 2025 in Jerusalem. Members of the Knesset plenum gave Trump a standing ovation that lasted for two and a half minutes. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS(via REUTERS)
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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv. As Israel's President Isaac Herzog and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu watch. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)(AP)
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Hamas handed over the 20 surviving Israeli hostages on October 13 under a ceasefire agreement, as the US President and other world leaders geared up for a summit on Gaza. The releases are part of a ceasefire agreement brokered by the US President, with Israel due in return to free nearly 2,000 detainees held in its jails in exchange. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)(AFP)
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Netanyahu applauds while U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on October 13, 2025 in Jerusalem. Chip Somodevilla/Pool via REUTERS(via REUTERS)
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White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Lauren Rappoport, and White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff listen as President Donald Trump speaks to the Knesset, Israel's parliament, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. Evan Vucci/Pool via REUTERS(via REUTERS)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knessett, Israel's parliament, as President Donald Trump and Amir Ohana, Speaker of the Israeli Knesset, look on, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)(AP)
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U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks at "Hostages square", flanked by Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY(REUTERS)
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Ivanka Trump speaks in "Hostages square", flanked by Jared Kushner and U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun(REUTERS)
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Ivanka Trump acknowledges applause at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem on October 13, 2025. Hamas handed over the 20 surviving Israeli hostages on October 13 under a ceasefire agreement, as the US President and other world leaders geared up for a summit on Gaza. The releases are part of a ceasefire agreement brokered by the US President, with Israel due in return to free nearly 2,000 detainees held in its jails in exchange. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)(AFP)
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Jared Kushner with his wife Ivanka Trump, acknowledges applause at the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)(AP)
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U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks at "Hostages square", flanked by Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 11, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY(REUTERS)
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