Hostage taking

Europe News

Staff held hostage at Arles prison in France, local media report

Four members of the prison's medical team and one guard were taken hostage by a prisoner on Friday, according to preliminary reports.

03/01/2025

Russia

Hostages freed and four prisoners killed in Russian prison attack

The incident follows a similar attack in a prison in Rostov-on-Don in June. The hostage-takers claimed to be part of the Islamic State terrorist group.

23/08/2024

Russia

Security forces 'kill' IS hostage takers in Russian detention centre

Security forces killed inmates who had taken two members of staff hostage at the centre in Rostov-on-Don, state news agency RIA Novosti reported.

16/06/2024

Israel

Bodies of three hostages recovered from Gaza

The bodies of three more hostages killed on October 7 were recovered overnight from Gaza, the Israeli army said on Friday.

24/05/2024

World News

Hamas to respond to Israel's hostage proposal in 48 hours

Hamas to respond to Israel's hostage proposal in 48 hours

28/04/2024

No Comment

WATCH: Families of female Israeli hostages protest in Tel Aviv

They are urging hardline Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure the release of those still held by Hamas in Gaza.

14/03/2024

World News

Italian family back in Rome following two years of captivity in Mali

Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the family members were all in good condition.

27/02/2024

The Cube

Were the two recently liberated Israeli hostages freed one month ago?

Some social media users are falsely claiming the two recently freed hostages were rescued in December. Certain users accused Israel of using the ‘liberation’ to justify the country's attack on Rafah, southern Gaza.

15/02/2024

Gaza

Israeli forces storm West Bank hospital as UN tackles UNWRA crisis

All the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war and Middle East conflict.

30/01/2024

Israel

A look inside the lives of the youngest former Israeli hostages

Doctors warn the weeks these children spent in captivity will take its toll even more as the conflict continues.

10/12/2023

Israel

Israel-Hamas war: Unlikely friendship blossoms between freed hostages

A friendship forged over seven weeks of captivity lives on as two freed women with no mutual language are reunited after being taken hostages by Hamas in October.

03/12/2023

Israel

Israel-Hamas war: Israeli relatives of hostages face agonising limbo

Nearly two months into the conflict, many Israelis have no idea if their relatives taken as hostages or lost in the chaos of 7 October are dead or alive.

02/12/2023

Gaza

Israeli strikes kill more than 175 people in Gaza as truce ends

The pause in fighting that began a week ago had allowed hostages and prisoners to be freed, plus much-needed humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza.

01/12/2023

No Comment

Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners return home to families

Ten Israeli hostages — nine women and a 17-year-old girl — as well as two Thai nationals, were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza on Tuesday and were back in Israeli territory, the military said. About an hour later, Israel released 30 Palestinian prisoners.

29/11/2023

World News

Hamas hands over ten Israeli and two foreign hostages

The ceasefire has enabled the release of 50 hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel. It has also allowed more aid to flow into Gaza where the humanitarian situation remains "catastrophic".

28/11/2023

Gaza

Hopes Israel-Hamas deal will end Gaza conflict

The warring parties agreed to a four-day truce and partial hostage release on Wednesday.

22/11/2023