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Israel strikes Gaza as pressure grows for ceasefire
AFP, Published on 17/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Israel kept up deadly strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday despite growing international calls for a ceasefire and pleas from desperate relatives to bring home the remaining hostages.
Hamas fighters to free more hostages as families reunite
AFP, Published on 26/11/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Hamas fighters were set Sunday to release a third group of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a day after freeing captives including a young woman snatched from a desert rave.
For some families, returning Gaza hostages bring 'sign of life'
AFP, Published on 25/11/2023
» TEL AVIV - When the first group of Israeli hostages was released from Gaza as part of a truce, Noam Peri's elderly father was not among them. But they brought with them news that he was still alive.
'You are in a safe place': Israel prepares to embrace hostages
AFP, Published on 24/11/2023
» JERUSALEM - "I am here to take you home. You are in a safe place" -- Israeli soldiers are being carefully prepared to receive potentially deeply traumatised women and child hostages seized by Palestinian militants.
Qatar burnishes role as 'essential' hostage negotiator with Israel-Hamas deal
AFP, Published on 22/11/2023
» PARIS - The emirate of Qatar has further boosted its status as a specialist power in resolving delicate hostage situations by using its influence to help secure the release of hostages by Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Israel pushes deeper into Gaza
AFP, Published on 31/10/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Tuesday, driving tanks and armoured bulldozers through the rubble of shattered buildings and hunting for Hamas militants who carried out the worst attack in Israel's history.
Foreigners killed or missing since Hamas attack
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» PARIS - Scores of foreigners have been killed, wounded or taken hostage since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct 7.
Israel pounds Gaza as Hamas threatens hostages
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» JERUSALEM - Israel kept up its deadly bombardment of Hamas-controlled Gaza on Tuesday after the Palestinian militant group threatened to execute some of the around 150 hostages it abducted in a weekend assault if air strikes continue without warning.
ICC prosecutor seeks charges against fugitive warlord Kony
AFP, Published on 24/11/2022
» THE HAGUE - The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Thursday he would ask judges to confirm charges against Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, head of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), even though Kony remains at large.
Two officers killed in attack on Nigeria defence academy
AFP, Published on 24/08/2021
» KANO (NIGERIA) - Gunmen attacked Nigeria's elite military academy on Tuesday, killing two officers and kidnapping another in a brazen assault on a symbol of the armed forces.