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Israel Returns Bodies Of 15 Palestinians: Gaza Health Officials
Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza on Friday, officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said, in the latest step to fulfil the terms of the fragile US-brokered ceasefire agreement.
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Israeli Male Hostage Accuses Gaza Captors Of Sexual Abuse
An Israeli hostage who was released in October has told an Israeli television channel he was subjected to sexual violence during his two-year captivity in Gaza by Palestinian militants -- the first male hostage to publicly make such an accusation.
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"Prayed For It To Stop": Freed Israeli Hostage Claims Sex Abuse In Gaza
A recently freed Israeli hostage was the first man who publicly claimed that he was sexually assaulted while being held captive in Gaza.
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Hamas To Hand Over Hostage Body As Gaza Ceasefire Holds Amid Strikes
Hamas' armed wing said it would hand over the body of a hostage at 9 pm (1900 GMT) on Wednesday, while the Israeli military said it had killed two Palestinians who had approached an area it occupied in a "threatening" way.
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Irans 'Hostage Diplomacy': How Tehran Uses Arrests To Extract Concessions
Iran, since the Islamic revolution, has employed the tactic of arresting Westerners in a bid to extract concessions from its foes, in a strategy of "hostage diplomacy" that has long presented Europe and the US with a dilemma.
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Ex-Minister On Why He Didn't Speak To Mumbai Hostage Taker, Despite His Demand
During the three-hour hostage crisis in Mumbai in which 17 children and two adults were held captive by filmmaker Rohit Arya at a studio, he kept asking to speak to former school education minister Deepak Kesarkar.
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How 6 Americans Used A Hollywood Movie To Escape The Iran Hostage Crisis
November 4, 2025 marks the 46th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis when 66 Americans were taken hostage at the Embassy of the US in Tehran
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Israel Receives Bodies Of 3 More Gaza Hostages Under US-Brokered Ceasefire
Israel said on Sunday it had received the remains of three additional captives from Hamas as part of the ongoing hostage-prisoner exchange under a US-brokered ceasefire agreement for Gaza.
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Israel Says 3 Bodies Received From Gaza Not Of Hostages
Israel said on Saturday that three bodies it received from Gaza the night before were not hostages held in the Palestinian territory, as a Hamas security source reported fresh strikes in the south.
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"Tricked Children For Film Shoot, Locked Doors": Witness Narrates Mumbai Hostage Ordeal
Rohit Arya held 17 children hostage at a studio in Mumbai's Powai area on Thursday.
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"Shocked To See His Face On TV": Rohit Arya's Neighbours On Mumbai Studio Crisis
Rohit Arya, the man at the centre of a hostage drama at a Mumbai recording studio, occasionally visited his elderly parents in Pune and their neighbours are in shock over the tragic incident involving children which ended in his violent death.
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Cop Who Shot At Filmmaker Rohit Arya Sensed "Real Threat" Due To His Gun
The assistant inspector who fired at Mumbai hostage-taker Rohit Arya took the call since children were involved and the situation presented a "real threat", an official said on Friday.
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'A Hostage Drama Turned Real': Videographer Recounts Mumbai Studio Crisis
The line between fiction and reality was erased inside RA Studio in Powai when an audition, supposed to be the start of a dream for 17 children, spiraled into a waking nightmare, a terrifying event orchestrated by the very man who had promised them
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Motion Detectors, Electroshock Weapons: Rohit Arya's Gear To Fight Mumbai Cops
The final act of filmmaker Rohit Arya's life unfolded in a cramped studio in Mumbai's Powai neighbourhood, wired with motion detectors, surveillance cameras, and locks that he thought turned the studio into a fortress.
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2 Days Before Mumbai Hostage Crisis, Rohit Arya's 'Film' Message To Actor
A day after Mumbai filmmaker Rohit Arya was shot dead by police - he held 19 people, including 17 children, hostage and demanded Rs 2.4 crore in 'dues' from the Maharashtra government - actor Ruchita Jadhav revealed a disturbing sequence of events.
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Israel Returns Bodies Of 15 Palestinians: Gaza Health Officials
Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza on Friday, officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said, in the latest step to fulfil the terms of the fragile US-brokered ceasefire agreement.
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Israeli Male Hostage Accuses Gaza Captors Of Sexual Abuse
An Israeli hostage who was released in October has told an Israeli television channel he was subjected to sexual violence during his two-year captivity in Gaza by Palestinian militants -- the first male hostage to publicly make such an accusation.
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"Prayed For It To Stop": Freed Israeli Hostage Claims Sex Abuse In Gaza
A recently freed Israeli hostage was the first man who publicly claimed that he was sexually assaulted while being held captive in Gaza.
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Hamas To Hand Over Hostage Body As Gaza Ceasefire Holds Amid Strikes
Hamas' armed wing said it would hand over the body of a hostage at 9 pm (1900 GMT) on Wednesday, while the Israeli military said it had killed two Palestinians who had approached an area it occupied in a "threatening" way.
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Irans 'Hostage Diplomacy': How Tehran Uses Arrests To Extract Concessions
Iran, since the Islamic revolution, has employed the tactic of arresting Westerners in a bid to extract concessions from its foes, in a strategy of "hostage diplomacy" that has long presented Europe and the US with a dilemma.
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Ex-Minister On Why He Didn't Speak To Mumbai Hostage Taker, Despite His Demand
During the three-hour hostage crisis in Mumbai in which 17 children and two adults were held captive by filmmaker Rohit Arya at a studio, he kept asking to speak to former school education minister Deepak Kesarkar.
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How 6 Americans Used A Hollywood Movie To Escape The Iran Hostage Crisis
November 4, 2025 marks the 46th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis when 66 Americans were taken hostage at the Embassy of the US in Tehran
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Israel Receives Bodies Of 3 More Gaza Hostages Under US-Brokered Ceasefire
Israel said on Sunday it had received the remains of three additional captives from Hamas as part of the ongoing hostage-prisoner exchange under a US-brokered ceasefire agreement for Gaza.
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Israel Says 3 Bodies Received From Gaza Not Of Hostages
Israel said on Saturday that three bodies it received from Gaza the night before were not hostages held in the Palestinian territory, as a Hamas security source reported fresh strikes in the south.
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"Tricked Children For Film Shoot, Locked Doors": Witness Narrates Mumbai Hostage Ordeal
Rohit Arya held 17 children hostage at a studio in Mumbai's Powai area on Thursday.
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"Shocked To See His Face On TV": Rohit Arya's Neighbours On Mumbai Studio Crisis
Rohit Arya, the man at the centre of a hostage drama at a Mumbai recording studio, occasionally visited his elderly parents in Pune and their neighbours are in shock over the tragic incident involving children which ended in his violent death.
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Cop Who Shot At Filmmaker Rohit Arya Sensed "Real Threat" Due To His Gun
The assistant inspector who fired at Mumbai hostage-taker Rohit Arya took the call since children were involved and the situation presented a "real threat", an official said on Friday.
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'A Hostage Drama Turned Real': Videographer Recounts Mumbai Studio Crisis
The line between fiction and reality was erased inside RA Studio in Powai when an audition, supposed to be the start of a dream for 17 children, spiraled into a waking nightmare, a terrifying event orchestrated by the very man who had promised them
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Motion Detectors, Electroshock Weapons: Rohit Arya's Gear To Fight Mumbai Cops
The final act of filmmaker Rohit Arya's life unfolded in a cramped studio in Mumbai's Powai neighbourhood, wired with motion detectors, surveillance cameras, and locks that he thought turned the studio into a fortress.
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2 Days Before Mumbai Hostage Crisis, Rohit Arya's 'Film' Message To Actor
A day after Mumbai filmmaker Rohit Arya was shot dead by police - he held 19 people, including 17 children, hostage and demanded Rs 2.4 crore in 'dues' from the Maharashtra government - actor Ruchita Jadhav revealed a disturbing sequence of events.
