Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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Tag: Hostages

9 kidnapped Pinoy seafarers to be freed by Houthis—DFA

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), through the Sultanate of Oman announced that nine Filipino seafarers of the ill-fated M/V Eternity C, held hostage...

Tears, joy in Israel as Hamas frees first hostages

Tel Aviv, Israel—Hundreds of people gathered on Tel Aviv's Hostages Square erupted in joy, tears and song as news broke that Hamas had handed over...

Israel, Hamas agree to first phase of peace plan

Cairo, Egypt—Israel and Hamas agreed on Thursday to the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire aimed at ending a war that has killed tens of...

Israel marks Oct. 7 as talks held to end war

JERUSALEM—Israel marks the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Tuesday, as Hamas and Israeli negotiators hold indirect talks to end the...

Trump to push Netanyahu on Gaza plan

WASHINGTON, DC – US President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday (Tuesday Manila time) for...

Israel’s big bombing sets Gaza ‘on fire’

JERUSALEM—Israel unleashed a massive new bombing campaign on Gaza City on Tuesday after visiting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio backed the ally’s goal...

Mass rally in Tel Aviv calls for end to Gaza war, release of hostages

TEL AVIV – Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered on Sunday evening in Tel Aviv to call for an end to the war in...

Netanyahu sees ‘opportunities’ to free Gaza hostages

Jerusalem, Undefined—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his country's "victory" over Iran in their 12-day war had created "opportunities," including for freeing hostages...

PM Netanyahu to bring hostages home

GAZA CITY – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to bring back all hostages, “living and dead,” as Gaza rescuers said Israeli strikes...

Hamas says open to 5-year Gaza truce, one-time hostages release

Hamas is open to an agreement to end the war in Gaza that would see all hostages released and secure a five-year truce, an...

Israeli demands hostage release for Gaza truce

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories—Hamas said Israel has offered a 45-day ceasefire if it releases half of the remaining hostages held in Gaza, that the...

25 bodies found from Pakistan train blockade

MACH, Pakistan – The bodies of at least 25 people, including 21 hostages, killed in a train siege by separatist gunmen in Pakistan were...

Pakistan launches ‘full-scale’ rescue to free train hostages

SIBI, Pakistan – Pakistan security forces launched a “full-scale” operation on Wednesday to rescue train passengers taken hostage by militants in the mountainous southwest. Over...

Trump warns Gaza ‘you are dead’ if hostages not freed

WASHINGTON, DC – US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) threatened further destruction of Gaza if all remaining hostages are not released,...
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