Tag: hostages
No new information on hostages from Hamas – Israel
The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza has risen to 45,854, with injuries reaching 109,139, Gaza-based health…
Israeli forces rescue four hostages after heavy gunfire
During its October 7 attacks in southern Israel, Hamas killed about 1,200 people and took some 251 people hostage. Some…
Hamas frees eight hostages to Israel as talks seek to extend Gaza truce
Hamas on Thursday released eight Israeli hostages in Gaza under a last-minute extension of a truce deal and Israel freed…
Hamas delays release of hostages to Israel
Israel denies breaking the terms of a Qatar-brokered agreement - which brought in a four-day halt in hostilities in exchange…
Israel, Hamas agree deal for release of Gaza hostages, truce
Hamas is believed to be holding more than 200 hostages, taken when its fighters surged into Israel on Oct. 7,…
Hamas releases two more hostages
The Red Cross on its X handle, said it facilitated the release of two more hostages, saying it is transporting…
Deadly terrorist shot dead, 25 hostages rescued by troops
He said the troop, in conjunction with Hybrid Force, extricated 14 hostages in a clearance operation at Gobara village in…
35 Bandits massacred in Zamfara, 40 hostages rescued
No fewer than 35 bandits have been massacred in Zamfara and 40 hostages, including children, women and men rescued by…
Cameroon security forces free 18 hostages
Cameroon security forces have freed 18 hostages, including seven Swiss and five Italian nationals, who were kidnapped by English-speaking separatists…
Nigerian troops kill 25 Boko Haram fighters, rescue 18
Nigerian troops of 151 Task Force Battalion, 21 Brigade have cleared remnants of Boko Haram terrorists from three villages in…
Nigerian troops clear Boko Haram in Kala Balge, rescue 520 hostages
Nigerian troops have cleared the remnant of Islamist sect, Boko Haram in Kala Balge and have also rescued 520 hostages…
Nigerian troops clear 7 villages, rescue 180 hostages
In continuation of the ongoing clearance operations of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists at the various sectors of Operation LAFIYA…
Nigerian troops rescue 195 hostages from Boko Haram – Army
Nigerian troops have rescued 195 Boko Haram hostages and killed a number of “terrorists” in raids on villages across the…
Nigerian troops kill Boko Haram fighters, rescue hostages
Nigerian army has stated that its troops have killed Boko Haram terrorists and have rescued hostages, recovered arms and destroyed…
Paris hostages hid in fridges and sinks
From the father who hid his toddler inside a supermarket refrigerator to the employee who texted tactical information to police…
Three hostages run out of Sydney siege cafe
Three people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against…
Cameroun denies release of hostages by Boko Haram
Cameroun’s Communication Minister, Issa Bakary, on Friday said he was surprised by the news that some hostages kidnapped by Boko…
Al Qaeda threatens to hit France
France is “playing with fire” in Mali, the brother of Al-Qaeda’s chief said in an interview published Monday, warning that…
Mali war: Islamists take western hostages in Algeria
Algeria, which has opened its airspace to French warplanes hitting Islamists in northern Mali, was targeted Wednesday in a deadly…
Pirates Free 3 Sailors Seized Off Nigerian Coast
Three sailors kidnapped from a Dutch-owned cargo ship off Nigeria nearly a month ago have been released, Netherlands news agency…
Mastermind of killed hostages in Nigeria dead
Abu Mohammed, the leader of the faction of Boko Haram behind the abduction and killing of Christopher McManus, a Briton…
Britain: Nigerian Hostage takers knew assault was coming
The Nigerian kidnappers of two European hostages killed in a botched rescue mission were probably aware beforehand that their security…
Hostage Deaths: Abductors Claimed ransom paid
Plans to free two Western hostages were well underway and some ransom paid by their families when they were killed…
Nigerian terrorists explain killing of hostages
Nigeria on Saturday interrogated suspected kidnappers of two Europeans killed during a botched British-Nigerian rescue operation amid a row between…
Hostages Freed, Back with Employers
Nigeria’s security forces handed 19 foreign and local hostages to their employers yesterday after freeing them from militant camps in…