Hostage

  • Hamas to respond ‘very soon’ to ceasefire proposal – AP news agency

    News agency AP is quoting a Hamas official, saying the group will respond “very soon” to a proposal aimed at securing the first extended ceasefire since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. The proposal followed talks in Paris involving intelligence chiefs from Israel, the US and Egypt, with the prime minister of Qatar. It would…

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  • Released hostage can’t forget hellish experience in Hamas captivity

    A released hostage has outlined her experience as she and three of her children spent 51 days in the hands of the Hamas gunmen who abducted them. Chen Almog-Goldstein told the Reuters news agency she had to quickly stifle tears after watching her husband and her eldest daughter be shot and killed during the 7…

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  • Hamas hostage killed – report

    Hamas hostage Sahar Baruch has been killed. The 25-year-old was among the hostages kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October. In a joint statement issued to Haaretz, Kibbutz Be’eri and the Hostages and Missing Families Forum stated: “It is with great sadness and a broken heart that we announce the murder of Sahar Baruch who was kidnapped…

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  • A police officer who was shot after he exchanged himself for at least one hostage who was being held by a gunman in a French supermarket has been hailed as a hero after dying from his injuries. France’s interior minister, Gérrard Collomb, confirmed on Twitter early Saturday morning that lieutenant-colonel Arnaud Beltrame, 45, had died. Image shows…

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