Tag: Hostage
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‘Gunman in his eighties’ takes several people hostage in Japanese post office
[ad_1] Japanese police have surrounded a post office as a suspected gunman held an unknown number of people hostage, following a possibly-linked shooting at a nearby hospital. Armoured police officers surrounded the three-storey post office building in Warabi city as night fell, after the shooter took an unknown number of hostages at 2:15pm local time…
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Israel Hamas war live: Netanyahu rejects ceasefire in Gaza as IDF says hostage soldier is released
[ad_1] Netanyahu claims Israel will ‘resign Hamas to the dustbin of history’ For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The Israeli Prime Minister has rejected calls for a ceasefire in Gaza as the country’s military…
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Gaza strikes ‘endangering stability of entire region’, says former hostage negotiator – Channel 4 News
[ad_1] In his televised statement tonight, Benjamin Netanyahu said his government was doing everything possible to secure the return of more than 200 hostages taken by Hamas. Earlier the Qatari prime minister said he was hoping for a breakthrough in negotiations to free some of those held captive. For the families hoping for news of…
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85-Year Old Israeli Hostage Held in Gaza Says She ‘Went Through Hell’
[ad_1] Yocheved Lifshitz, the 85-year-old woman who was released after being held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza for 17 days, on Tuesday described being beaten while her captors took her away on a motorcycle. Ms. Lifshitz said she was marched through a network of subterranean tunnels under Gaza that she likened to “a spider…
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Hamas-Israel war: How hostage negotiations work
[ad_1] Key PointsFamilies of people taken hostage by Hamas are pleading with Israel to focus on their release.Israel has said its “war machine is moving” as it plans to destroy Hamas.Other relatives fear mediation could take years. As Israel prepares to invade the Gaza Strip, many families of are pleading with the government to rein…
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Israel-Gaza live updates: 2 Israeli hostages released by Hamas, Israeli Hostage Center says
[ad_1] National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby was asked by ABC News whether there are competing goals between Israel and America, with Israel repeatedly saying its top priority is destroying Hamas and the U.S. saying its highest priority is the hostages. Israeli supports show placards with the faces and names of people believed to be…
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Opinion | I Negotiated Israel’s Hardest Hostage Deal. Here’s What’s Next in Gaza.
[ad_1] Israelis have been held hostage many times over the nation’s 75 years. In May 1974, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine held 115 hostages, most of them high school students in the town of Maalot, in northern Israel, for two days, an episode that ended in the murders of 22…
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Mia Schem’s mother begs for release of daughter paraded in Hamas hostage video
[ad_1] For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The mother of Mia Schem, a French-Israeli tattoo artist who appeared in the first video released by Hamas of its hostages in Gaza, said she “screamed and…
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Palestinian Driver Is Thought to Be Hostage of Hamas
[ad_1] JERUSALEM — A young Palestinian man from East Jerusalem, Soheib Muhammad Abu Amar, is missing and believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas and ferried into Gaza, his family said. Mr. Abu Amar, 22, is thought to be the only Palestinian who is not a citizen of Israel to be reported missing from…
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Gaza under fire; hostage fears grow
[ad_1] Video shows the bloody aftermath of Hamas’ attack on Israel’s Be’eri kibbutz Warning: this video contains graphic images. Quiet streets in Jaffa as Israel reels from Hamas attack TEL AVIV — The streets around the Clock Tower in the historic port of Jaffa are usually bustling with people, but this morning they are practically…