In highly staged ceremonies, Hamas freed three people held captive over the last 15 months. Keeping to its part of the cease-fire deal, Israel released 183 Palestinians held in jails.

"I woke up and saw the pictures and was finally able to breathe," Needham resident Jason Greenberg said. "I've spent 484 days imagining what he has endured and can't even begin to fathom the ordeal he ...