Hostages

Trump tells Fox News hostages in Gaza will probably be released on Monday

U.S. President Donald Trump told Fox News' 'Hannity' program on Wednesday that hostages held in Gaza will probably be released on Monday, after earlier announcing an agreement between Israel and…

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Hamas says it handed over list of Israelis and Palestinians for swap deal

Hamas said on Wednesday it had exchanged a list of the names of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be released under a swap deal and that it was optimistic…

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Israel says 24 hostages alive in Gaza

An Israeli official said on Wednesday that 24 hostages were alive in Gaza after U.S. President Donald Trump said the number was 21, alarming the families of hostages. Gal Hirsch,…

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White House confirms ‘ongoing’ direct talks with Hamas over freeing hostages

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that US officials have engaged in “ongoing talks and discussions” with Hamas officials, stepping away from a long-held US policy of not directly…

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UPDATED: Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages taken from Israel

Hamas handed over the bodies on Thursday of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack…

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Hamas releases names of three Israelis to be released on Saturday

Hamas’s armed wing spokesperson has named the three Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday as Sagui Dekel-Chen, Iair Horn and Alexandre Sasha Troufanov. A statement from prime minister Benjamin…

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Hamas says it will continue releasing Israeli hostages under Gaza deal

Hamas has said it is committed to implementing the Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel and will continue releasing hostages within the agreed time frame. Following talks in Cairo, the Palestinian…

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Twenty five Israeli hostages in Gaza still alive – report

Twenty five out of 33 hostages on a Hamas list are alive, according to an Israeli government spokesperson. Reuters quoted the spokesperson, who was commenting after Hamas provided more detail…

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Deal reached to release more Israeli hostages, allow Gazans to return home north

Palestinian militant group Hamas will hand over female Israeli hostage Arbel Yehud and two other hostages before Friday, mediator Qatar said on Sunday, and Israel said it would allow residents…

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Hamas says next hostages will be released on Saturday as scheduled

Hamas said it would next release hostages held in Gaza on Saturday, after an official with the Palestinian militant group had said they would be released a day later than…

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Hamas frees hostages, Israel releases Palestinian prisoners on day one of ceasefire

Hamas released three Israeli hostages and Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, the first day of a ceasefire suspending a 15-month-old war that has devastated the Gaza Strip and…

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Israeli PM’s office says first hostages expected to be released on Sunday

The Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal is expected to begin as originally scheduled on Sunday, the Israeli prime minister's office said, after hours of uncertainty over the timing of…

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Hamas says it has approved Israeli list of 34 hostages for possible deal

Hamas was said Sunday evening to have agreed with Israel on a list of 34 hostages to be released in the first phase of a potential ceasefire deal, but the…

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Gaza’s Islamic Jihad says Israeli hostage tried to take own life

An Israeli hostage held by Gaza's Islamic Jihad militant group has tried to take his own life, the spokesperson for the movement's armed wing said in a video posted on…

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Biden says Netanyahu not doing enough to secure hostage deal

President Joe Biden said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to secure a deal for the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas…

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Bullets found in bodies of Israeli hostages retrieved from Gaza

Bullets were found in the bodies of the six Israeli hostages retrieved from Gaza this week, the Israeli military and the Hostage Families Forum campaign group said. The military told…

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Hamas armed wing says one Israeli hostage killed, two women captives ‘seriously wounded’

One Israeli male hostage was killed by his guard and two women captives were seriously wounded in two separate incidents in Gaza, the spokesperson for Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu…

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Israeli army says it has recovered bodies of five hostages killed on October 7

The Israeli Defence Forces announced on Thursday that they had found the bodies of five hostages killed during the October 7 attacks who have been held in Gaza ever since.…

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Israel’s Netanyahu says deal could be nearing for hostages in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told families of hostages held in Gaza that a deal that would secure their loved ones' release could be nearing, his office said on Tuesday.…

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Israel declares two more Gaza hostages dead

Israel declared dead on Monday two more of its hostages being held in Gaza, as talks to secure a ceasefire deal that would include the release of some 120 captives…

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Israeli presumed among Hamas hostages found dead near Gaza

An Israeli who went missing during the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas-led Palestinian gunmen and was presumed to have been taken hostage has been found dead in the border village…

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Bodies of three more hostages recovered from northern Gaza by Israeli military

The bodies of three more hostages have been recovered from the northern Gaza Strip overnight, the IDF has said. Orión Hernández Radoux, 30, Hanan Yablonka, 42, and Michel Nisenbaum, 59,…

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Hamas’ Capture of Five Female Israeli Soldiers: New Video Footage Revealed

A group representing the families of hostages held in Gaza has released new video footage showing Hamas’ capture of five female Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border on Oct. 7.…

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US, 17 other countries urge Hamas to release hostages, end Gaza crisis

The United States and 17 other countries issued an appeal for Hamas to release all of its hostages as a pathway to end the crisis in Gaza, but Hamas vowed…

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Israeli troops recover body of hostage from Gaza’s Khan Younis

Israeli commandos have recovered the body of a hostage held in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the military said on Saturday, three months after he pleaded for his…

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Freed Israeli hostages tell families of beatings and death threats

By Howard Goller JERUSALEM, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Israeli women and children on their return from Hamas captivity in Gaza speak of being beaten and threatened with death, moved from…

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Pope to meet relatives of Israeli hostages next week

VATICAN CITY, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Pope Francis will meet next week with relatives of Israeli hostages held by Hamas militants in Gaza, a source said on Friday. The source…

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US making intense effort to get hostages out of Gaza, flying drones in search of hostages

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are making intense efforts to gain the release of hostages from Hamas control in Gaza but there is no guarantee of success or a timeframe,…

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UPDATED: German-Israeli woman snatched by Hamas at music festival is dead, Israel says

Oct 30 (Reuters) - A German-Israeli woman who was snatched by Hamas from a music festival on Oct. 7 and paraded around Gaza by the Palestinian militant group is dead,…

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‘Please wake up’: Families of Israeli victims urge world to stand against Islamist violence

By Angelo Amante ROME, (Reuters) - The world must take a stand against Islamist violence to avoid it spreading and take action to ensure the swift release of hostages taken…

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Released by Hamas, American mother, daughter reunited with family in Israel

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Eric Cox GAZA/EVANSTON, Illinois (Reuters) - Two newly freed American hostages, a Chicago-area woman and her teenage daughter, were reunited with family inside Israel on Friday…

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Qatar leading talks to swap Hamas-held hostages for Palestinians in Israeli jails

DOHA/GAZA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Qatari mediators have held urgent calls with Hamas officials to try to negotiate freedom for Israeli women and children seized by the militant group and…

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UPDATE – Suspect in Dresden hostage situation dead, German police say

Dresden, Germany (dpa) - A 40-year-old man suspected of killing his mother before taking hostages in the eastern German city of Dresden on Saturday has died of injuries sustained during…

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