Just over three weeks after 26-year-old hostage Noa Argamani was rescued from captivity in the Gaza Strip, her terminally ill mother Liora has died, Israeli sources said on Tuesday. The cause of death was cancer, according to the Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which was created after hundreds […]
As the Israel-Hamas war continues, negotiations have stalled to secure the release of hostages taken by the terrorist organization, and Israeli forces continue to launch incursions in the southern Gazan town of Rafah ahead of a possible large-scale invasion. Latest Developments Jun 29, 3:44 PM Hostage speaks 1st time since release Noa Argamani, one of […]
The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old Israeli American who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, said Monday that newly released video of his abduction should serve as a “call of action” to do everything possible to free the remaining hostages. “That’s our son,” Jon Polin told NBC News’ Matt Bradley in Jerusalem. “I […]
Jun. 23—One person is dead after a hostage situation and eventual standoff with police Saturday afternoon in Merrimack. At 1:50 p.m., a Cabot Road resident called 911 and told police they were being held at gunpoint by another household member. When officers arrived, they were able to get the caller out of the house unharmed, […]
Reports of an active shooter and a possible hostage situation at The Oaks Mall in Gainesville on Friday evening appear to be “unfounded,” according to the Gainesville Police Department. Social media was set ablaze Friday evening as GPD officers and Alachua County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to The Oaks Mall, 6419 W. Newberry Road, where […]
An Israeli peace activist who was seized from her home on 7 October and held hostage for 53 days in Gaza has told the BBC how her ordeal destroyed her belief that peace is possible between Palestinians and Israelis. In her first UK interview since being freed in November, Ada Sagi, 75, also told Emma […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday met with an Israeli lawyer who has publicly described being sexually assaulted while held hostage in Gaza, and said the story left her fearing more such accounts “will only increase as more hostages are released.” Harris hosted an event highlighting efforts to reduce conflict-related sexual violence […]
MOSCOW (AP) — Security forces stormed a detention center in southern Russia on Sunday, killing inmates who had taken two members of staff hostage, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported Sunday. The hostages at the pretrial detention center in Rostov-on-Don were uninjured, said RIA Novosti, citing Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service. It said that the […]
The mother of one of the four Hamas hostages rescued by Israeli forces during a special operation over the weekend says her son has described to her “very strange rules” the Palestinian terrorists made him live by. Evgeniia Kozlova told Reuters that her first conversation with Andrey Kozlov after he was freed was “both hard and […]
The family of one of the Israeli hostages who were recently freed from the Gaza Strip after being held there for eight months has disclosed details about their son’s time in captivity. Andrey Kozlov, one of four hostages freed in an Israeli military operation on Saturday, was tied up for two months during his captivity, […]
The family of one of the hostages rescued in an Israeli operation over the weekend has said that he experienced psychological abuse over the hands of his Hamas captors during the eight months that he was held in Gaza. Andrey Kozlov, 27, was rescued alongside Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan and Shlomi Ziv during a raid on […]
Your Photo Our divisive political environment isn’t good for much, but it is good for one thing: clarity. We saw that firsthand over the weekend when news broke that Israel Defense Forces liberated four hostages kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7. This is good news. After 246 days in captivity, Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir […]