Hamas refused to release the youngest hostage, 10-month-old Kfir Bibas. Instead, they handed him over to another terrorist organization operating in the southern Gaza city, NewYorkPost reports. A 10-month-old Israeli boy - the youngest hostage taken by Hamas - and his family were handed over to another...
Yocheved Lifshitz, a frail 85-year-old woman, one of two hostages released by Hamas on October 23, spoke about her experience of captivity, CNN reports. Gunmen grabbed Lifshitz at her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz and took her on a motorcycle towards Gaza. It was a “painful act”...
US President Joe Biden said on October 20 that the US had secured the release of two Americans held hostage by Hamas during the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. The Hill writes about this. “Our fellow citizens have endured a terrible ordeal over the past 14 days, and...
According to Oregon police reports, "several" people have died as a result of a "hostage situation" in Salem, Oregon. An investigation is in progress. Reported by USA Today. On Monday 28 September, several people were killed in a shooting involving a police officer in the house ...
The Highlands County Sheriff's Office said a SWAT team had to storm the SunTrust bank building in Sebring, Florida, where an unknown assailant took hostages and opened fire. The attack killed five people. The shooter surrendered and was arrested. “After assessing the situation, we regret ...
In Logan, New Jersey, a man opened fire and took two UPS postal employees hostage at a parcel center. One of the women, presumably, was previously in a relationship with him. The first report of the shooting came to the local ...
Police in the US state of New Mexico led a raid that rescued 11 malnourished children and three women who were being held captive by heavily armed men at a camp in a remote desert area. Children - aged from one year to...
On the night of June 10-11, 35-year-old Gary Wayne Lindsay from Orlando (Florida) wounded a policeman near Westbrook Apartments, after which he barricaded himself in an apartment with four young children as hostages. After more than 20 hours of negotiations with the criminal, the police did not ...
Orlando (Florida) police are trying to neutralize a criminal who, on the night of June 10-11, wounded a policeman near Westbrook Apartments, and then barricaded himself in an apartment with four young children as hostages. The injured officer was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center, ...
A man in eastern Moscow took a family hostage - a man, a woman and a child. The man killed one hostage. The invader was detained. “As a result of joint actions by police officers and the National Guard, measures were taken to detain a man who detained a family of three on Molostov Street...