Hostage News
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Diane Foley, the Example of Christian Forgiveness
Diane Foley, mother of a journalist kidnapped and killed by ISIS, recently met Pope Leo XIV.
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A year after Hamas tunnel executions, Israel honors ‘Beautiful Six’ as hostage debate intensifies
Israelis marked one year since IDF soldiers recovered the bodies of six hostages executed by Hamas terrorists in a tunnel in the Gaza Strip.
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Diane Foley meets the Pope: How I came to forgive my son’s murderer
Pope Leo XIV meets Diane Foley alongside writer Colum McCann, with whom she co-authored a book recounting the events surrounding her son’s death.
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A Soledad woman keeps fighting to free her husband from the Taliban.
Zulhija Khan is is the wife of Mahmood Habibi, who is originally from Afghanistan and a U.S. citizen.
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ISIS Beatle ‘Jihadi Ringo’ who was part of a gang that filmed the killings of hostages makes a bid to return to the UK
An IS terrorist, known as Jihad Ringo who was part of a beheading gang dubbed The Beatles has applied to move back to his “home…
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484 days in Gaza: Released hostages Keith & Aviva Siegel recount the horror
Keith and Aviva Seigel were abducted on Oct. 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led terrorists stormed southern Israel.
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Alsu Kurmasheva: Behind Bars, running was freedom
Alsu Kurmasheva was jailed in a Russian prison on false charges. Separated from her family with no end in sight, she turned to the one…
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Father of former American-Israeli hostage thanks Palestinian-American mediator for helping free his son
Adi Alexander, father of former American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, thanked Palestinian-American mediator Bishara Bahbah for his involvement in the May release of his son.
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‘Hersh, you will always be in our heart’: German soccer club honors slain hostage one year later
On the first anniversary of Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s death, German soccer club SV Werder Bremen honored him in a post.
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U.S. Government Just Hit Russia With Awkward Travel Warning After Rolling Out Red Carpet For Putin
In a Facebook post, the U.S. Department of State issued a reminder of its “Do Not Travel” list where U.S. citizens risk wrongful detention, which…
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‘Swap’ is a riveting look at U.S.-Russia hostage deals
“Swap: A Secret History of the New Cold War” is a book about a deeply reported account of the dealmaking that has gone into prisoner…
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Freed Hamas hostage Or Levy speaks of resilience, family to hundreds in Wilmette
Or Levy, a freed hostage, tries to smile as much as he can. No simple task following 491 days in captivity after being abducted by…