Hostage News
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Joint letter to end the forced starvation and targeted killing of journalists in Gaza
Al-Jazeera addressed a joint letter to governments, international organizations, media outlets and society, demanding an end to Israel’s forced starvation and targeting of journalists in…
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Iran Is Holding at Least 4 American Citizens, Rights Groups and Families Say
In the aftermath of the 12-day war with Israel and the United States, Iran is once again targeting Americans.
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Freed American-Israeli hostage details starvation and abuse by Hamas as families push Trump for deal
Keith Siegel, an American-Israeli who was released in February during a fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, told WCCS Radio’s “Special Report” that he…
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U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff meets with Gaza hostage families in Tel Aviv
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff on Saturday met with the families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza in Tel Aviv as fears for the captives’…
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Paul Whelan wants to help improve care given to returning wrongfully detained Americans
Paul Whelan returned to the United States in 2024 after being wrongfully detained in a Russian prison for more than five years.
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Against the silence of the good: Interview with Colum McCann, co-author of “American Mother”
Writer Colum McCann tells the story of Diane Foley, a mother who forgave her son’s killer. Journalist James W. Foley was abducted in Syria in…
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“Any journalist detained in any country is a wrongfully detained person”: Alsu Kurmasheva speaks out one year after her release
Aug. 1, 2025, marks one year since Alsu Kurmasheva was released from a Russian prison, and she granted a video interview about life after her…
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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.