Rachel Abrams

...was that there were outpourings of gratitude for President Trump and his role in brokering the hostage deal.

The square is where the families of the hostages have come since the beginning of the war, demanding that the military and the government bring their loved ones home.

And it's also where thousands of supporters and protesters have come to weekly rallies to show solidarity and support for those families.

And so after we spent some time taking in the scene, we asked a few family members to talk to us about how they were feeling just hours before the final hostages were supposed to come home.

Tell us who you are and why you're here today.

We met Moshe Levi in the lobby of the library along the square, where families of hostages sometimes go to get away from the crowds.

Moshe was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of his brother-in-law, Omri, holding up one of his two young daughters in the air.

When you think of Omri, do you have an image that comes to mind?

If you had to guess, what do you think Omri's, the first thing Omri will want to do is when he gets home?

Have you thought about the first thing you want to say to him?

Family members like Moshe are in so many different situations.

Some of them are waiting for hostages they know are alive.

For others, they don't know.

They're uncertain.

And it's unclear how much hope they should have.

But still, they hope to be on the cusp of some kind of ending.

Another person we met at Hostage Square who had a family member go missing during the war was Ruby Chen.

Ruby and his wife raised their three kids in Israel, but would frequently travel to the U.S.,

And when the war broke out, one of his sons, Itai, the one with the rebellious streak, was performing his mandatory military service.

So they waited, hoping for a positive sign, desperate for information on how their son was doing.