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Who are the hostages Israel believes are still alive?

Hamas is due to release the 48 hostages still being held in Gaza, most of them kidnapped during their 7 October 2023 attack on Israel. 20 of them are believed to be alive, with the fate of two more still unknown.

Euronews

South Korea summons Cambodian envoy after student kidnapped and tortured to death while on holiday

South Korea summoned Cambodian ambassador in rare move after death of 22-year-old sparks outrage

The Independent UK

Israelis cheer Trump at Tel Aviv rally as they brace for the return of hostages

Israelis applauded US President Donald Trump, and some booed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as US envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner addressed a weekly rally in Tel Aviv that many hoped would be the last.

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Who are the hostages Israel believes are still alive?

The faces of the hostages being held in Gaza stare down from every street corner in Israel on posters now sun-faded and ripped

The Independent UK

Who are the final 20 living hostages to have been freed from Gaza?

Ceasefire deal ends more than 700 days of captivity for those taken during attacks of 7 October 2023

The Guardian - UK

Melania Trump reveals she has been talking to Putin through ‘back channels’ about kidnapped Ukrainian children, as 8 are reunited with families

The Slovenian-born First Lady sent the Russian president a letter in August regarding the fate of Ukrainian children held captive by Moscow

The Independent UK

Woman is ‘kidnapped and bundled into tow truck’ by two men in east London

Man, 42, arrested by police who have been unable to identify young victim

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What Happened to Stephanie Slater? Woman Kidnapped and Buried Alive – Where She Is Now and Updates On Abductor

Stephanie Slater was kidnapped and buried alive by Michael Sams in 1992. Discover how she survived and what happened to her abductor.

International Business Times UK

Netanyahu enrages families after using incorrect hostages figure as poll shows most Israelis want him to quit

Netanyahu incorrectly told an interviewer there were 46 hostages captured by Hamas, rather than 48

The Independent UK

Ex-Israeli hostage kidnapped with wife and children recalls Hamas torment

Tal Shoham was held for 505 days in Gaza under brutal conditions

The Independent UK

'It's time for this to end': Israeli mother's two-year quest to free her son

Nearly 50 people remain hostages of Hamas since being kidnapped in the group's attacks on Israel in October 2023. With an agreement to free the captives tantalisingly close, RFI spoke to the mother of one of the captives, Viki Cohen, about her nearly two-year crusade to bring her son home.

Radio France Internationale

‘We let her out of our sight’: ICE tricks California newlywed couple following rules — they ‘kidnapped’ the wife, a filmmaker

They allegedly cooked up a fake story to isolate her.

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Protesters Demand Answers 11 Years After Mexican Students Vanished

Eleven years after her son vanished, Delfina de la Cruz vented frustration at the unsolved disappearances of 43 Mexican students who were allegedly kidnapped by drug traffickers while authorities turned a blind eye.

International Business Times

Madelein McCann Case Update: Was Missing British Child Kidnapped by Paedophiles?

Belgian police warned of a child abduction order just days before Madeleine vanished, raising fears of a European trafficking link.

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I was kidnapped in Act 1 of Hollow Knight: Silksong, and I never thought Team Cherry would borrow Bloodborne's nastiest trick

What The Slab tells us about Silksong star Hornet

The Independent UK

As fighting escalates, kidnappings of aid workers surge in South Sudan

The number of aid workers kidnapped in South Sudan has more than doubled this year, according to two senior humanitarian officials working for international groups

The Independent UK

Israeli-Russian graduate student kidnapped in Iraq has been released, Trump and family say

An Israeli-Russian graduate student from Princeton University who was kidnapped in Iraq has been released

The Independent UK

Mystery grows after man who won $100k from Youtuber for good deed found hog-tied in his burned out SUV

Curtis Dixon, 60, claimed he was kidnapped, forced to withdraw money from ATMs and left to die in a car as it went up in flames

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The Independent UK

Victim kidnapped and shot 17 times before his remains were dumped in a church parking lot

Raymond Cooper, 34, has been charged in connection with the killing of Oscar Cruz

Evening Standard

Irish deputy premier speaks to ‘brave’ Irishwoman who was kidnapped in Haiti

It was confirmed last week that Gena Heraty and the other hostages had been released.

Latin Times

People Kidnapped From Haiti Orphanage Weeks Ago Released By Gangs: 'Deeply Grateful'

Eight people kidnapped weeks ago from an orphanage in Haiti have been released by gangs.

The Independent UK

Irish missionary among 8 people freed in Haiti after being kidnapped during attack on orphanage

Eight people, including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child, who were kidnapped in July after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti have been freed, the Irish government and relatives of the missionary said

Evening Standard

Irishwoman kidnapped in Haiti is released along with other hostages

Gena Heraty was taken captive with seven other people, including a young child, earlier this month.

AAP

Superyacht worker apologises for ex-girlfriend's kidnap

A superyacht worker who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and threatened her with a knife blade is fighting to avoid a prison term for his offending.

AAP

Gang's 'muscle for hire' charged with woman's murder

A man has been arrested for allegedly facilitating the shocking murder of a woman kidnapped from her suburban home in front of her traumatised children.

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