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Barry Rosen is a former US diplomat who was one of the 52 hostages held in Iran for 444 days from 1979 to 1981. Here he is speaking to AFP journalists outside the Coburg palace in Vienna , Austria, on January 14, 2022. JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption toggle caption JOE KLAMAR/AFP via […]
Two Somali pirates have been sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping American journalist Michael Scott Moore and holding him hostage for 977 days, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Moore, a freelance journalist, traveled to Somalia in 2012 to research piracy and the nation’s economy. On January 21, he was kidnapped by multiple heavily armed […]
CNN — The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American murdered by Hamas militants in Gaza in August, have told CNN about the “crushing blow” of losing their son and say they fear that other families will receive the same “devastating news” unless world leaders take urgent action to secure the release of the remaining hostages. […]
Killing of Israeli-American Hostage Prompts Outpouring of Grief Across U.S. The New York Times Source link
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s first trip outside Israel since the attacks of Oct. 7 featured a packed and dramatic itinerary: meetings with President Biden and each of his most likely successors, a globally broadcast address to Congress, and the kinds of confrontations with protesters and the families of Israeli hostages he often tries […]
Harris tells Netanyahu ‘it is time’ to get hostage deal done and end Gaza war The Associated Press Source link
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US believes there is a “significant opening” to finalise a deal between Israel and Hamas to halt the nine-month war in Gaza and secure the release of Israeli hostages held in the strip, according […]
The recent rescue of four hostages will likely complicate Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s efforts to broker a new cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas that would secure the release of the remaining captives in Gaza, a senior administration official has told NBC News. The freeing of the hostages has strengthened Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
In a string of interviews that aired across major cable and broadcast networks Sunday, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan urged both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to agree to President’s Joe Biden three-phase to end the war in Gaza. Sullivan’s appearances — on ABC’s This Week, CBS’s Face the Nation and State of […]
The United States provided some intelligence that aided in Saturday’s rescue of four Israeli hostages, according to several people familiar with the matter. An American team based in Israel furnished the information, these people said, though it appeared to be secondary to intelligence gathered by the Israelis ahead of the operation. One person said the […]