World Apr 18 Ukrainian police fatally shoot gunman who killed at least 6 hostages By Volodymyr Yurchuk, Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press
World Feb 02 Watch 9:15 Doctoral student held hostage for years in Iraq shares her harrowing story after release Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Russian-Israeli doctoral student at Princeton University, was conducting research in Baghdad in 2023 when she was kidnapped by an Iran-linked militia and held in captivity for more than 900 days. Her release last September followed a high-stakes… By Amna Nawaz, Zeba Warsi
World Dec 03 Israel receives remains of possible hostage and plans to reopen Gaza crossing into Egypt Israel received remains of what could be one of the last hostages in Gaza on Wednesday and said it will begin allowing Palestinians to leave the war-torn territory through a border crossing with Egypt. By Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy, Associated Press
World Nov 13 Israel says militants in Gaza handed over body believed to be hostage Israel’s army says militants in Gaza have handed over a body believed to be a hostage. By Associated Press
World Nov 07 Another set of hostage remains has been handed over in Gaza, Israel says The Red Cross transferred the remains of a hostage to Israeli troops in Gaza on Friday, the military said, hours after hundreds of mourners flocked to the funeral of a soldier whose body was turned over earlier in the week… By Julia Frankel, Associated Press
Nov 06 Hostage remains returned by Hamas are those of Tanzanian student, Israel says By Melanie Lidman, Audrey Horowitz, Associated Press The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the remains were identified as those of Joshua Loitu Mollel and that his family has been notified. Continue reading
Nov 05 Israel says Hamas handed over additional remains believed to be of a hostage By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz, Associated Press The Israeli military said Wednesday that Hamas has handed over remains believed to be of a deceased hostage to the Red Cross in Gaza, the latest step forward under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Continue reading
Nov 02 Israel says it received remains of 3 hostages from Hamas in Gaza as fragile ceasefire holds By Renata Brito, Associated Press Since the ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, Palestinian militants had released the remains of 17 hostages, with 11 remaining in Gaza, before Sunday's handover. Continue reading
Nov 01 Israel says latest remains Hamas returned from Gaza are not of hostages, straining ceasefire By Renata Brito, Associated Press The remains of three people Hamas handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza do not belong to any hostages, Israel said Saturday, in the latest setback to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Continue reading
Oct 30 Palestinian militants hand over 2 sets of remains of hostages to Red Cross in Gaza By Julia Frankel, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press Israel’s military said Thursday that Palestinian militants handed over remains of two hostages, in the latest indication that the fragile ceasefire agreement is moving forward despite Israeli strikes on Gaza this week. Continue reading