Hostages
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…
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…
Freed Israeli hostages tell families of beatings and death threats
Freed hostages kept away from media since release - Details of their ordeal emerge via family members
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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,…
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…
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…