Six Israeli Hostages Found Dead in Hamas Tunnel by IDF Soldiers
In a heartbreaking development, the IDF recovered the bodies of six Israeli hostages from a Hamas tunnel in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The hostages, who were tragically murdered by their…
Trump Pledges Pardons for January 6 ‘Hostages’ if He Wins in November
BEDMINSTER, NJ — In a controversial move, former President Donald Trump has vowed to pardon and release all individuals involved in the January 6 uprising at the U.S. Capitol Building. This declaration…
Hamas Likely Raped Hostages Taken On Oct. 7, UN Inquiry Finds
Hamas Likely Raped Hostages Taken On Oct. 7, UN Inquiry Finds Jake Smith on March 4, 2024 Hamas raped and sexually assaulted hostages it took during the terrorist attack against Israel on…
Hamas armed wing says three Israeli hostages killed in Israeli airstrikes
(Reuters) – Hamas’ armed wing said on Monday that three of eight Israeli hostages who were seriously injured following Israeli airstrikes had died from their wounds. “We will postpone the announcement of…
Netanyahu says ‘enough’ remaining Israeli hostages alive to warrant Gaza war
(Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview aired on Sunday that “enough” of the 132 remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza are alive to justify Israel’s ongoing war…
Qatar, France broker deal to get aid, medication to civilians, hostages in Gaza
PARIS (Reuters) -Qatar and France have brokered a deal with Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to deliver urgent medication to some 45 Israeli hostages held by the group in Gaza in…
Trump’s labeling of Jan. 6 suspects as hostages is offensive -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House denounced Republican Donald Trump’s description of suspects in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol as hostages as “incredibly grotesque and offensive,” the White…
Freed Gaza hostages mark birthday of baby still in captivity
By Leonardo Benassatto NIR OZ, Israel (Reuters) – Israelis released from captivity in Gaza reconvened in their ravaged border village on Tuesday to hold a solemn first-birthday ceremony for the infant of…
Hamas airs video purporting to show two Israeli hostages killed in captivity
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian Islamist group Hamas aired a new video on Monday showing what it said were the bodies of two Israeli hostages, and Israel’s military said that while it was…
Somalia says it’s working to rescue hostages from UN helicopter
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia’s government is working to rescue the passengers of a U.N. helicopter that was captured by al Shabaab militants, a spokesperson said on Thursday, but military…
White House: ‘Grotesque’ to call Jan. 6 defendants ‘hostages’
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – Calling those charged in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol “hostages” is a grotesque comparison, the White House said on Monday after Republican former…
Israel says five Gaza hostages found dead in tunnel, circumstances being probed
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Five Israeli hostages killed in Hamas captivity were recovered from an underground tunnel network in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said on Sunday, showing footage…
Israel charts unmapped ways to treat trauma of freed child hostages
By Ari Rabinovitch and Rami Amichay JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Just days after Hamas kidnapped more than 35 young children and teenagers during its Oct. 7 rampage, youth psychologists and welfare experts in…
Islamic Jihad releases video of two Israeli hostages pleading for their release
(Reuters) -The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, released a video of two male Israeli hostages in Gaza pleading for their release on its Telegram account…
Israel’s Herzog floats second Gaza truce for recovering hostages
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog signalled readiness on the part of the country on Tuesday to enter another foreign-mediated Gaza truce in order to recover hostages held by Hamas and…
S.O.S. signs found on killed hostages hideout, Israeli military says
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Signs reading “S.O.S.” and “help, three hostages” in Hebrew were found on the walls of a Gaza building where three Israeli hostages had been hiding before…
Biden points to Gaza hostages when asked about Israeli tunnel flooding reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden declined to directly answer a question on reports that Israel was pumping seawater into Hamas’ Gaza tunnel complex, referring only to assertions that there were no…
Family of last child hostages in Gaza await their return
By Eli Berlzon HOLON, Israel (Reuters) – Yosi Shnaider watched a home video on his phone from his apartment near Tel Aviv. In the video, a smiling, red-headed baby sits in a…
Israeli medical experts declare some Gaza hostages dead in absentia
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Even as it tries to recover hostages through indirect talks with Hamas and army operations in the Gaza Strip, Israel has been declaring some of the missing…
Schwarzenegger lends support to families of Israeli hostages
By Omar Younis SANTA MONICA, California (Reuters) – Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday met relatives of three people seized by Hamas in Israel and now held in Gaza, lending his…
Israel’s president visits UAE, asks for help to free hostages
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday asked United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to use his “political weight” to help free all…
Can Hamas locate remaining hostages in mayhem of Gaza war?
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Andrew Mills and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan GAZA (Reuters) – Ever since it seized more than 200 people in the deadly rampage through southern Israel that triggered the Gaza war,…
Hamas Releases Second Group Of Hostages
Hamas Releases Second Group Of Hostages Harold Hutchison on November 25, 2023 Hamas released a second group of hostages late Saturday as part of a deal brokered by the Qatari government after…
Hamas Delays Release Of Hostages, Demands Israel Allow More Aid Into Gaza: REPORT
Hamas Delays Release Of Hostages, Demands Israel Allow More Aid Into Gaza: REPORT Harold Hutchison on November 25, 2023 Hamas announced it was delaying the release of additional hostages, demanding that Israel…
First Israeli Hostages to Be Freed from Gaza in Truce with Hamas
JERUSALEM – In a significant development under a truce with Hamas, Israel is set to welcome back the first group of its citizens, including women and children, held captive in Gaza. The…
Dolls, doctors and helicopters await Israeli hostages at Gaza’s gate
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The first Israeli women and children to go free from Gaza on Friday under a truce with their Hamas captors will be flown home under military…
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