Hostage News
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Palestine: At least 175 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza
The IFJ condemns the killings and continued attacks on journalists and calls for an immediate investigation into their deaths
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Families of last remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza fear that ‘the world is forgetting’
The families of two of the last remaining Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip worry that “the world is forgetting” about them.
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CPJ, 35 others urge Israel to allow free movement of journalists in and out of Gaza
Nearly two years into the war, no international journalists have independently been able to access Gaza.
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Al Jazeera calls for global action to protect Gaza’s journalists
Al Jazeera has urged the journalistic community and legal bodies to take action to end the forced starvation and crimes against journalists in Gaza.
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Gaza is starving. So are its journalists
Several news organizations are warning that their journalists in Gaza will die unless urgent action is taken to allow sufficient food aid.
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Palestine: At least 174 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza
At least 174 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed, several have been injured and others are missing during the war in Gaza.
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Maryland media executive released in Venezuela prisoner swap
Story By: Katie Leslie and Rosbelis Quiñonez
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‘All need to come back’: Keith Siegel on remaining Hamas hostages
Keith Siegel, a freed Hamas hostage and U.S. citizen, said the U.S. risks losing the remaining hostages “the longer the war goes on.”
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CPJ: Israel is starving Gazan journalists into silence
CPJ launched its Voices From Gaza video series of Palestinian journalists describing their challenges working in Gaza.
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U.S. State Department Issues Syria Travel Advisory
The alert says, “Do not travel to Syria due to the risk of terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, hostage taking, and armed conflict.”
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Rewards for Justice – Reward Offer for Information on Mahmood Shah Habibi, Missing in Afghanistan
Mahmood Shah Habibi, an American businessman, was abducted in Afghanistan on August 10, 2022.
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My son is an American citizen held in Afghanistan for one year as of today
Ahmadulla Habibi, the mother of Mahmood Habibi, writes about the anniversary of her son’s arrest in Kabul in 2022.