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May 23, 2024 · Female Israeli soldiers Liri Albag and Agam Berger sit on the ground with their hands bound after being taken hostage by Hamas militants at the Nahal Oz military base in southern Israel, Oct. 7 ...
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- Imtiaz Tyab,Agnes Reau
Learn the origin, usage, and examples of the word hostage, which means a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge or taken by force to secure demands. See also related phrases and entries near hostage.
A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized—such as a relative, employer, law enforcement, or government —to act, or refrain from acting, in a certain way, often under threat of serious physical harm or death to the ...
Nov 25, 2023 · The cease-fire deal, brokered by Qatar in weeks of talks, calls for Hamas to return 50 of the women and children taken hostage during its Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, and for Israel to release 150 ...
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- Adam Goldman
Dec 5, 2023 · Yafa Adar. Age 85. Yafa Adar is a founder of Nir Oz and was the oldest person to be taken hostage on October 7. A video of her being taken into Gaza on a golf cart driven by Hamas militants went ...
Nov 20, 2023 · Nov. 20, 2023. Hamas, the group that controls the Gaza Strip and staged the surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, along with other Palestinian groups are believed to be holding roughly 240 hostages ...
Jan 15, 2022 · The hostage situation came as synagogues and Jewish institutions across the country have been on high alert after attacks like the one that killed a woman in Poway, Calif., in 2019, and another ...
