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Pakistan train hijack survivors recall chilling moments: ‘…shot him on the spot’

Muhammad Tanvir, 35, a steel mill worker and resident of Punjab province, who was rescued and freed from the hostage after a train was attacked by separatist militants in Bolan, receives medical treatment at the Trauma Center and Emergency Department at Civil Hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, March 13, 2025.
Updated on Mar 14, 2025 02:23 PM IST

Israeli hostage shares faith, survival story after 16 months in Hamas captivity

An Israeli captive released under the current truce between Israel and Hamas stated on Tuesday that she observed Judaism with the few resources available to her and that her religion kept her alive while she was in captivity.
Published on Feb 26, 2025 08:24 AM IST

Ceasefire holds as Israel, Hamas reach deal on hostage and prisoner exchange

In order to maintain their tenuous truce for a few more days, Israeli and Hamas leaders said Tuesday that they had struck a deal to exchange the bodies of slain hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian inmates.
Published on Feb 26, 2025 06:47 AM IST

Hamas frees six Israeli hostages as fragile phase one Gaza war truce nears end

Hamas militants paraded newly-released Israeli hostages (L to R) Elia Cohen, Omer Shem Tov and Omer Wankert on stage in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, as part of the seventh hostage-prisoner release on February 22, 2025.
Published on Feb 22, 2025 09:08 PM IST

Israel claims Hamas killed Bibas brothers with 'bare hands', sparks outrage

People gather at a vigil in Tel Aviv, Israel, hours after Hamas militants turned over four bodies to Israel, three of which have been identified by Israel as hostages Ariel and Kfir Bibas, and Oded Lifshitz, while the fourth, they said, is that of an unknown person.
Published on Feb 22, 2025 12:32 PM IST
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