On Sunday, Hamas also released a woman named Aviva or Adrienne Siegel who is the spouse of U.S. citizen Keith Siegel. While she is not a U.S. citizen, the Biden team has advocated for her and continues to do so for her spouse who remains in captivity. Sullivan said the White Hou...
Released hostage Ilana Gritzewsky poses for a portrait in her apartment in Kiryat Gat, Israel, on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, near photos of her boyfriend, Matan Zangauker, who is being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) KIRYAT GAT, ...
Western Hostages Released in West BankSilver, EricIndependent on Sunday
A Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, once said the two hostages had been freed on Saturday night, but obviously he gave wrong information. On Sunday night, Ghazni provincial governor Merajuddin Pattan said the hostages would be released on Monday morning, but the releasing did not occur un...
4-year-old Abigail Idan among the hostages released Sunday: Israeli PM's office The latest outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that governs the Gaza Strip, has passedthe four-month mark. In the Gaza Strip, at least 30,228 people have been killed and ...
Eighteen foreign nationals, mostly Thais, have also been released. Eleven more hostages are set to be released Monday on the last day of the cease-fire. Israeli authorities have said that they are willing to extend the truce one day for every 10 hostages r...
JERUSALEM/GAZA, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- The first three Israeli hostages released from the Gaza Strip under a ceasefire agreement that took effect on Sunday have returned to Israel and reunited with their families. Meanwhile, Gazans are immersed in celebrations marking the end of over 15 months of...
a gradual release, Hamas will free every week about three to four hostages. In return, Israel will release hundreds of Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jails. The first 90, mostly women and children from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, are set to be released later on Sunday...
The article reports on the released of the three oil workers who were held hostage for more than a month by the militant groups in Nigeria on March 27, 2006. The three were turned over to the government officials in return for the release of two Ijaw tribal leaders and 1.5 million paymen...
group — long designated a terrorist organization by the U.S., Israel and many other nations — started freeing women, children and elderly hostages on Friday. The previous group handed back to Israeli authorities was 17 people released on Sunday, including 13 Israelis and four foreign nationals...