The UN Human Rights Office has said that war crimes may have been committed in connection with the Israeli hostage rescue in the Gaza Strip on the weekend, partly because of the high number of casualties on the Palestinian side. “We are profoundly shocked at the impact on civilians of the Israeli forces’ operation in […]
A Shawnee police officer won’t face criminal charges for an incident in February in which he fatally shot a man who allegedly fired a gun inside a gas station and held a group of people in the store hostage, Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said Monday. In a press conference, Howe said the man […]
Israeli special forces were disguised as Palestinian refugees looking for a place to live when they entered the buildings where hostages were being held during the Israeli rescue operation this weekend, two Israeli security sources told ABC News. Special forces were already in position near the buildings where the hostages were being held before they […]
Following her rescue by the Israeli army, new details have emerged about the conditions in which a 26-year-old woman, Noa Argamani, was held hostage in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli news website ynet wrote on Monday that the young woman had been taken from flat to flat in the Gaza Strip by her captors following […]
National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday said an “enduring ceasefire” deal between Israel and Hamas is “the only credible path forward” after an Israeli hostage rescue mission that Gazan officials say killed at least 274 people. “The best way to get all of the hostages home and to protect Palestinian civilians is to end […]
The father of an Israeli hostage rescued during a military operation in Gaza died a day before he could be reunited with his son, a relative has said. Almog Meir Jan, 22, was held in Gaza for eight months after being kidnapped from the Nova music festival on 7 October. He was one of four […]
In a string of interviews that aired across major cable and broadcast networks Sunday, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan urged both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to agree to President’s Joe Biden three-phase to end the war in Gaza. Sullivan’s appearances — on ABC’s This Week, CBS’s Face the Nation and State of […]
The Hamas-controlled Gaza health authority increased its casualty estimates from Israel’s hostage rescue operation in central Gaza on Saturday as new details emerged about how Israel freed four of its citizens from captivity. Over the past 24 hours, at least 283 people had been killed and 814 injured during Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, […]
The father of rescued Israeli hostage Almog Meir Jan “died of grief” just hours before his son returned home, his family have said. Yossi Meir, 59, died of a heart attack before the news broke that the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) had freed his son in a raid on the town of Nuseirat in Gaza. […]
Turkey has condemned Israel’s operation to free its hostages in the Gaza Strip as a “barbaric attack” and accused Israel of war crimes. “With this latest barbaric attack, Israel has added a new one to the list of war crimes it has committed in Gaza,” the Foreign Ministry in Ankara said on Sunday, without mentioning […]
Turkey has condemned Israel’s operation to free its hostages in the Gaza Strip as a “barbaric attack” and accused Israel of war crimes. “With this latest barbaric attack, Israel has added a new one to the list of war crimes it has committed in Gaza,” the Foreign Ministry in Ankara said on Sunday, without mentioning […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – A local man tried to rob a Darwin Money Transfer store in Brooklyn, taking two people hostage Saturday evening, police said. Police responded to a 911 call at 7:45 p.m. A 38-year-old male entered the store and acted as if he would conduct a transaction. He later informed employees he was […]