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Hamas Releases Last Living American Held Hostage In Gaza
Hamas freed the last living American citizen held hostage in Gaza, following talks between the US and the group ahead of a Middle East visit by President Donald Trump.
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Gaza Military Operations May Enable Hostage Deal: Israel Defence Minister
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told his U.S. counterpart that military operations in the Gaza Strip have created conditions that would enable a hostage deal to be reached, Gallant's office said on Wednesday.
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US Says 3 Americans May Be Among 50 Hostages To Be Released By Hamas
Three Americans held by Hamas in Gaza since its attack on Israel last month are expected to be among at least 50 hostages to be released by the Islamist Palestinian group under a deal arranged with Israel, the U.S. and Qatar, a senior U.S. official s
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Released 2 American Hostages On "Humanitarian Grounds": Hamas
Gaza's rulers Hamas said Friday its armed wing has released two American hostages, from around 200 captives abducted in attacks by the militant group in Israel on October 7.
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ISIS's "Beatles" Group Terrorist Faces Jail For Murdering US Hostages
A member of the Islamic State nicknamed "The Beatles" that beheaded American hostages is due to face a US judge on Friday who will determine whether to subject him to a lifetime of near-solitary confinement.
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ISIS "Beatle" Found Guilty Of All Charges In US Hostage Beheadings
A member of a group of Islamic State militants who beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, was found guilty in US court of terrorism offenses on Thursday.
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UK Foreign Minister Condemns Hostage-Taking Incident, Says "We Stand With US"
Britain's foreign minister Liz Truss on Sunday condemned a hostage-taking at a synagogue in Texas as an "act or terrorism and anti-Semitism".
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Pakistan Assures Help To US In Recovering Hostages From Afghanistan: Embassy
Pakistan has assured the US that it would continue to assist America and other countries in recovering their hostages from Afghanistan, but only as "a moral duty" and not under coercion or incentives.
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In New Hostage Policy, US Will Not Prosecute Families for Paying Ransom
President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced a more coordinated US response to help rescue Americans held hostage by terrorists and acknowledged the government had sometimes let the families down.
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Family of US Hostage of Islamic State Says Hopeful She is Still Alive
The parents of an American humanitarian worker held hostage by the Islamic State group since August 2013 said on Friday they are still hopeful she is alive, after the group said she was killed in a bombing by Jordanian fighter jets.
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Man Holds Hostages at Texas Hospital: Sheriff's Office
Authorities say a man believed to be the father of a patient has taken at least two people hostage at a hospital near Houston. It was not immediately clear if the man was armed.
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Barack Obama Warns of Jihadist 'Cancer' as US Reveals Failed Rescue
US President Barack Obama demanded Wednesday the world take action against the "cancer" of jihadist extremism in Iraq, as Washington revealed it had failed in an operation to free US hostages in neighboring Syria.
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Gunman holds three bank employees hostage in Louisiana
A man armed with a handgun took two women and a man hostage at a bank where they work in Louisiana on Tuesday, and police were negotiating with the gunman to win the release of his captives, authorities said.
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Bloody end to hostage standoff in New Jersey; suspect killed
A tense weekend standoff in a South Trenton, New Jersey, neighborhood ended early on Sunday with a hostage taker dead and three children rescued, authorities said.
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Hamas Releases Last Living American Held Hostage In Gaza
Hamas freed the last living American citizen held hostage in Gaza, following talks between the US and the group ahead of a Middle East visit by President Donald Trump.
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Gaza Military Operations May Enable Hostage Deal: Israel Defence Minister
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told his U.S. counterpart that military operations in the Gaza Strip have created conditions that would enable a hostage deal to be reached, Gallant's office said on Wednesday.
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US Says 3 Americans May Be Among 50 Hostages To Be Released By Hamas
Three Americans held by Hamas in Gaza since its attack on Israel last month are expected to be among at least 50 hostages to be released by the Islamist Palestinian group under a deal arranged with Israel, the U.S. and Qatar, a senior U.S. official s
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Released 2 American Hostages On "Humanitarian Grounds": Hamas
Gaza's rulers Hamas said Friday its armed wing has released two American hostages, from around 200 captives abducted in attacks by the militant group in Israel on October 7.
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ISIS's "Beatles" Group Terrorist Faces Jail For Murdering US Hostages
A member of the Islamic State nicknamed "The Beatles" that beheaded American hostages is due to face a US judge on Friday who will determine whether to subject him to a lifetime of near-solitary confinement.
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ISIS "Beatle" Found Guilty Of All Charges In US Hostage Beheadings
A member of a group of Islamic State militants who beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, was found guilty in US court of terrorism offenses on Thursday.
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UK Foreign Minister Condemns Hostage-Taking Incident, Says "We Stand With US"
Britain's foreign minister Liz Truss on Sunday condemned a hostage-taking at a synagogue in Texas as an "act or terrorism and anti-Semitism".
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Pakistan Assures Help To US In Recovering Hostages From Afghanistan: Embassy
Pakistan has assured the US that it would continue to assist America and other countries in recovering their hostages from Afghanistan, but only as "a moral duty" and not under coercion or incentives.
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In New Hostage Policy, US Will Not Prosecute Families for Paying Ransom
President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced a more coordinated US response to help rescue Americans held hostage by terrorists and acknowledged the government had sometimes let the families down.
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Family of US Hostage of Islamic State Says Hopeful She is Still Alive
The parents of an American humanitarian worker held hostage by the Islamic State group since August 2013 said on Friday they are still hopeful she is alive, after the group said she was killed in a bombing by Jordanian fighter jets.
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Man Holds Hostages at Texas Hospital: Sheriff's Office
Authorities say a man believed to be the father of a patient has taken at least two people hostage at a hospital near Houston. It was not immediately clear if the man was armed.
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Barack Obama Warns of Jihadist 'Cancer' as US Reveals Failed Rescue
US President Barack Obama demanded Wednesday the world take action against the "cancer" of jihadist extremism in Iraq, as Washington revealed it had failed in an operation to free US hostages in neighboring Syria.
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Gunman holds three bank employees hostage in Louisiana
A man armed with a handgun took two women and a man hostage at a bank where they work in Louisiana on Tuesday, and police were negotiating with the gunman to win the release of his captives, authorities said.
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Bloody end to hostage standoff in New Jersey; suspect killed
A tense weekend standoff in a South Trenton, New Jersey, neighborhood ended early on Sunday with a hostage taker dead and three children rescued, authorities said.
