[ad_1] Terry Anderson, a US journalist held hostage for nearly seven years during Lebanon’s civil war, has died aged 76. Anderson was the chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press (AP) when he was captured by Islamist militants in 1985 during what became known as the Lebanon hostage crisis. He died at his home…
[ad_1] President Joe Biden has said a deal that would see Hamas release some of its hostages from Gaza is now “very close”. “We’ve been working on this intensively for weeks as you all know,” he told reporters in Washington. “My team has been in the region shuttling between capitals.” He added: “We are now…
[ad_1] Footage released by the Israel Defense Forces purportedly showing one of the injured hostage at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. The Israeli military has released footage which it says shows hostages being taken into Gaza’s largest hospital after the deadly Hamas attacks of 7 October. A military spokesperson said one of them – a…
[ad_1] A hostage situation at Hamburg Airport involving a young child has ended after 18 hours, according to local police. The man drove through a security barrier and on to the airport tarmac on Saturday night with his four-year-old daughter in the car and parked under a plane. He eventually gave himself up to the…
[ad_1] Palestinian group says two women released for ‘humanitarian reasons and poor health grounds’. Two women held captive by Hamas in Gaza have been released, according to the Palestinian group and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). A spokesperson for the armed wing of Hamas said the two captives were released following mediation…
