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British-Israeli hostage says scars show 'hope' ahead of surgery
Emily Damari, 28, lost two fingers while being taken captive during the 7 October 2023 attacks.BBC News - 1d -
Israeli hostages return home in caskets
Hamas handed over four coffins Thursday, which the militant group said contained the bodies of four Israeli hostages -- Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, ...CBS News - Feb. 20 -
Who Are the 6 Freed Israeli Hostages?
Two of the captives had been in the hands of Hamas for about 10 years. The rest were taken during the attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.The New York Times - Feb. 22 -
Hamas Releases Bodies of 4 Israeli Hostages
Hamas said it handed over four hostages to Israel in a display a senior U.N. official called “abhorrent and cruel.” Israel later said only three bodies belonged to captives.The New York Times - Feb. 21 -
Watch: The moment six Israeli hostages are released
Four of the men were kidnapped on 7 October 2023, while the two have been held for a decade.BBC News - Feb. 22 -
Hamas releases six Israeli hostages as ceasefire holds
Six living hostages — including two who were held in Gaza for a decade — were released by Hamas Saturday.CBS News - Feb. 22 -
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Trump invites freed Israeli hostage to White House
Israeli media reports Israeli American Trump donor will fly Eli Sharabi to Washington DC to meet president this week. Freed Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi has been invited to Washington to meet Donald ...The Guardian - 1d -
Israel says slain Israeli mother was not among hostage remains released by Hamas
Hamas plans to release six more Israeli hostages this week, and in turn, Israel will return and release 600 Palestinian prisoners. The latest swap is part of the ceasefire deal, which is still ...CBS News - Feb. 21 -
Body released by Hamas is Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, family says
Human remains returned by Hamas to Israel on Friday are those of hostage Shiri Bibas, her family said Saturday, two days after the Palestinian militant group returned the wrong body.NBC News - Feb. 22 -
Body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned, family says
The body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas has been returned to Israel after Hamas sent back the wrong human remains.ABC News - Feb. 22 -
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Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas' body finally goes home
It was an agonizing week for Israelis after Hamas failed to hand over the body of Shiri Bibas, but her remains were eventually sent back overnight. Debora Patta reports.CBS News - Feb. 22 -
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Israelis pay last respects to hostage mother and sons killed in Gaza
In a display of deep public grief, thousands lined roads of southern Israel for the funeral procession of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas.BBC News - 5d -
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Bodies of four Israeli hostages transferred from Hamas to Red Cross
Hamas returned the bodies of four Israeli hostages to the Red Cross and some of the 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been released into the West Bank to their families, marking the end ...NBC News - 4d -
Israel receives bodies of 4 deceased hostages in exchange: Israeli PM
Hamas has transferred the bodies of four dead hostages to the Red Cross, an Israeli security official confirmed.ABC News - 4d -
As Truce Talks Stall, Fears Mount for Israeli Hostages in Gaza After 500 Days
“I was in Gaza. I survived. Keith survived. Others will not,” said Aviva Siegel, who with her husband was taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023. She urged the Israeli government to secure the release of ...The New York Times - Feb. 21 -
Netanyahu vows to make Hamas pay for not returning body of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas
Hamas on Thursday handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to be Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz. But overnight, Israel's defense ...CBS News - Feb. 21 -
Hamas to free 6 more Israeli hostages from Gaza Strip in latest step of ceasefire
Hamas is set to free six more Israeli hostages from the Gaza StripABC News - Feb. 22 -
Israeli hostage only discovered fiancee had survived 7 October after his release
Eliya Cohen spent more than 500 days in captivity fearing Ziv Abud had died in Hamas attacks in 2023. An Israeli hostage only discovered his fiancee had survived the 7 October attacks after his ...The Guardian - Feb. 22 -
Israel indefinitely delays release of 620 Palestinian prisoners after Israeli hostages freed
Statement by Netanyahu’s office demands assurance of ‘release of next hostages … without humiliating ceremonies’. Israel says the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be delayed “until ...The Guardian - Feb. 23 -
Freed Israeli hostage held onto faith to get through months of captivity in Gaza
An Israeli hostage freed in the current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas said faith sustained her during her captivity, and she used the few means that were available to her to observe JudaismABC News - 6d -
Hamas to turn over bodies of four Israeli hostages in exchange for release of hundreds of prisoners
Hamas says that it will return the bodies of four dead hostages on Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, two days before the first phase of the ceasefire ...ABC News - 5d -
Middle East latest: Hamas will return bodies of 4 dead Israeli hostages in exchange for prisoners
Hamas says it will return the bodies of four Israeli hostages early Thursday in exchange for Israel releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisonersABC News - 5d -
Hamas says 4 bodies of Israeli hostages returned, the final release of phase one
Hamas said it returned the bodies of four Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. This was the final hostage release under the first phase of the ceasefire. Negotiations ...CBS News - 4d -
Hamas hands over bodies of 4 Israeli hostages in final first-phase swap
Israel begins release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners in accordance with ceasefire agreementFinancial Times - 4d -
‘He looks half the man he was’: brother of Israeli hostage on seeing him pleading for release
Sighting of Evyatar David in Hamas video brought joy to his brother Ilay but his appearance indicated his suffering. When Hamas brought two captive Israelis to watch Saturday’s release of six of ...The Guardian - 3d -
Trump administration briefing: Israeli hostage to visit White House; Russia admires US foreign policy
Eli Sharabi expected to meet Donald Trump on Tuesday; Kremlin says US views now ‘largely’ coincide with Moscow’s own foreign policy vision – key US politics stories from Sunday at a glance. The ...The Guardian - 16h -
British couple in their 70s arrested by Taliban
Peter and Barbie Reynolds were returning to their home in Bamiyan on 1 February when they were detained.BBC News - Feb. 23 -
Trump to hold meetings on Ukraine with French and British leaders
One day after an angry exchange between Presidents Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy met in Kyiv with Keith Kellogg, Mr. Trump's special envoy. A planned joint news ...CBS News - Feb. 20 -
Olympic stars compete for British titles in Birmingham
Olympic stars Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Georgia Hunter Bell will compete for British titles at the UK Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham.BBC News - Feb. 21 -
British couple in their 70s arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan
Peter and Barbie Reynolds were detained in Bamiyan provice for ‘teaching mothers parenting with children’. The Taliban have arrested a British couple in their 70s for “teaching mothers parenting ...The Guardian - Feb. 23 -
Missing British businessman’s body found in Kenyan forest
Campbell Scott, a senior director at Fico, was reported missing while in Nairobi for a three-day conference. Police searching for a British businessman missing in Kenya have recovered a body, found ...The Guardian - Feb. 24 -
British Couple Arrested by Taliban in Afghanistan, Family Says
Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested on Feb. 1, their children told U.K. news outlets. The couple had run an education company in Afghanistan for almost two decades.The New York Times - 6d -
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is upending British politics
Over the past decade and a half, much of the world has entered a new form of politics in which results must be delivered faster and better than before.The Hill - 5d -
British prime minister meets with Trump at White House
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is the latest European leader to make a personal appeal to President Trump to continue U.S. support for Ukraine in the war with Russia, and to stop his tariff ...CBS News - 3d
