US President Donald Trump will host the Israeli hostages released in last month’s Gaza ceasefire deal at the White House on November 20, a source familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel on Friday.

Contrary to earlier reporting, Trump is not chartering a plane to ferry the former hostages to Washington. Instead, they are taking commercial flights on the Israeli government’s dime, the source said.

All 20 hostages released on October 13 have been invited by the White House. It is unknown whether all are going.

The released hostages will bring family members for the visit, according to previous reporting.

The US-brokered ceasefire deal that secured the hostages’ release also obligated the Hamas terror group to turn over the bodies of the 24 remaining hostages, who are all deceased. As of Friday, the remains of

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