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Netanyahu says Israel will not 'surrender' after hostages are freed
Netanyahu's office also released a video of his conversation with Arghamani on a mobile phone. He said he was “very excited” to return home, adding: “I haven't spoken Hebrew in so long.” Netanyahu told him: “We never lost faith in you for a moment.” Of the 251 people taken hostage by militants during their October…
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Government is committed to bringing back hostage employees: State Minister Khalid
Government is committed to bringing back hostage employees: State Minister Khalid
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Israel says it killed three Gaza hostages by mistake
In the Gaza Strip, fierce fighting continued, with Hamas claiming to have blown up a house containing Israeli soldiers in the southern city of Khan Yunis. News channel Al Jazeera said that one of its journalists, Samir Abudaka, was killed and another, Wael Dahdouh, was wounded by “shrapnel from an Israeli missile attack” in Khan…
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Thai PM says Hamas has released 12 Thai hostages
Israeli security forces stand next to buses waiting at the helipad of Tel Aviv’s Schneider Medical Center, as they prepare for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in exchange for Palestinian prisoners on November 24, 2023. After 48 days of shooting and bombing that left thousands dead, a four-day ceasefire in…
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Hamas armed wing says ‘about 50’ Israeli hostages killed in raid
AFP was not immediately able to verify the claim. Israel began massive air and artillery bombardment of Gaza after Hamas launched brutal attacks on southern Israel. Earlier, the Israeli military had said that militants had abducted 224 people during the attack, which killed 1,400, mostly civilians. “We have informed the families of 224 hostages. This…
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13 killed in hostage attack on Pakistan security base
The fighting continued from Friday evening to Saturday morning and “complex evacuation operation included hostage rescue operation”, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but ethnic Baloch separatist groups have been waging an insurgency against the state in the South-Western Provinces for decades, often targeting…
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Bangladeshi expatriate held hostage in Libya for 2 years
Arif Ahmed, 24, of Jagannathpur area of Bhairab Upazila in Kishoreganj, had left the country two years ago in search of fortune. He made a deal with local agents to emigrate to Italy at a cost of 1.2 million taka. However, he ended up in a prison camp in Libya where he was subjected to…
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25 terrorists killed in Pakistani army raid on detention center; a hostage dies
Pakistan’s security forces killed 25 out of 35 Islamist militants holed up in an anti-terror center in the northwestern city of Bannu, while a hostage and two commandos were killed, the army said. Militants held at the center took control of the compound on Sunday after overpowering their interrogators and taking their weapons, leading to…
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Pakistani army kills all terrorists in anti-terror center, frees hostages
Security forces surrounded the military district in which the center is located, where about 20 fighters of the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), were hiding. Pakistani officials began talks on Monday to try to resolve the standoff.
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Terrorists capture counter-terrorism center in Pakistan, take hostages
Islamic militants seized an anti-terrorism center in the northwestern Pakistani region of Bannu on Sunday and held hostages to negotiate with government officials, officials said. Bannu police spokesman Muhammad Naseeb told Reuters, “It is not clear whether the terrorists attacked from outside, or if they snatched ammunition from the staff”. They are being questioned after…