EXCLUSIVE: Buried 100 feet underground, with barely enough air to breathe and no light, and sharing a space measuring just six feet by three feet with three other men, recently released hostage Tal Shoham shared with Fox News Digital his harrowing story of survival. Shoham was forcibly taken from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023. His
The Hamas terrorist group said Saturday that it will only release Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander if Israel implements the existing ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. Alexander, 21, is the last living American hostage in captivity in the Gaza Strip. A senior Hamas official told the Associated Press that long-delayed talks over the ceasefire’s second phase would need to
Last Updated:March 14, 2025, 21:51 IST Crux India The US and Israel contacted three East African nations—Sudan, Somalia, and Somaliland—about resettling Palestinians under Trump’s Gaza plan, offering financial and security incentives. Sudan rejected the proposal, while Somalia and Somaliland denied knowledge of discussions. The outreach raises doubts over Trump’s claim of relocating Gazans to a
Last Updated:March 14, 2025, 23:50 IST Hamas said it was ready to free an Israeli-American hostage and the remains of four others, after the Palestinian militants and Israel resumed indirect Gaza ceasefire negotiations Hamas has accused Israel of not allowing tents, houses, fuel, rubble-removing mechanism and humanitarian aid in Gaza. (AP Image) The White House
Hamas said on Friday that it had agreed to free Edan Alexander, an American Israeli soldier who has been held in Gaza for 17 months, along with the remains of four other hostages with dual citizenship. Israel immediately cast doubt on the proposal’s viability, suggesting a deal was unlikely to be imminent. In a statement,
Last Updated:March 14, 2025, 18:32 IST Alexander was 19 when he was taken from his base on the border with Gaza in southern Israel during the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 that sparked the war US President Donald Trump, poses for photos with the family of Edan Alexander at Ohel Chabad Lubavitch on October
Hamas agreed Friday to release Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage in captivity in the Gaza Strip. Alexander, who is an Israeli-American, will be released along with the bodies of four other hostages, according to a deal offered by mediators. Edan Alexander, born in Tel Aviv and raised in New Jersey, is currently being
Last Updated:March 13, 2025, 10:04 IST Hostages on the hijacked Jaffar Express train were freed. The hostage situation resulted in the killing of 28 military personnel who were onboard the train, and 33 militants involved in the act. Ambulances seen carrying rescued/freed hostages after a train in Pakistan was hijacked (Photo: AP) The hostage situation
Last Updated:March 12, 2025, 11:52 IST Pakistan Train Hijack: One survivor, Muhammad Bilal, struggled to articulate the terror of the escape, saying it was beyond words. Pakistan Train Hijack: Another freed hostage, Allahditta, recounted the chaos as rebels stormed the train after the explosion. Pakistan Train Hijack: Freed hostages described a harrowing escape from a
Armed militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan region have attacked a train carrying hundreds of passengers and taken a number of hostages, military sources have told the BBC. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) fired at the Jaffar Express Train as it travelled from Quetta to Peshawar. A statement from the separatist group said it had bombed the