In Pictures: Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are welcomed home

Omri Miran, facing the camera, hugs his loved ones after being released by Hamas (IDF via AP)

The last surviving hostages from Gaza have been returned home to Israel in a defining exchange in the fragile ceasefire that has paused two years of war between Israel and Hamas.

Ziv Berman, an Israeli hostage released from the Gaza Strip gestures from the window of a helicopter (Leo Correa/AP)