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Worldcrunch » hostages

hostages

Photo of a man walking through rubble left by Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, Gaza
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

As Israel Resumes Gaza Assault, Egypt Accelerates Push For “Semi-Permanent” Solution

by Mohamed Khayal March 19, 2025May 24, 2025
Photo of nuns praying near Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic, next to an altar with Pope Francis-themed candles
Food / Travelphotos of the week

Photos Of The Week: Praying For The Pope, Sweating Bolsonaro, Upside-Down Plane

by Laure Gautherin February 21, 2025May 24, 2025
Photo of the “Castellers de Barcelona” forming a human tower
Food / Travelphotos of the week

Photos Of The Week: Munich Attack, Tel Aviv Protest, Barcelona Towers

by Laure Gautherin February 14, 2025May 24, 2025
Why Trump’s Gaza Plan Is Pure Ethnic Cleansing — And Could Happen Anyway
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Why Trump’s Gaza Plan Is Pure Ethnic Cleansing — And Could Happen Anyway

by Pierre Haski January 27, 2025May 24, 2025
Hamas releases three Israeli hostages
Food / Travelnews

Photos Of The Week: Freed Hostages, Trump Inauguration, LGBTQ+ Joy In Thailand

by Laure Gautherin January 24, 2025May 24, 2025
Photo of Palestinians rejoicing at news of a ceasefire agreement with Israel, in Deir al Balah, central Gaza, on Jan. 15
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

This Gaza Ceasefire Deal Was On The Table For Months — Why Netanyahu Said “Yes” Now

by Pierre Haski January 16, 2025May 24, 2025
A group of people mostly young boys, stand on a pile of rubble as one of them is illuminated by the sun and the rest are in the shadows.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Ceasefire In Gaza Appears Imminent — It’s The “Trump Effect” At Play

by Pierre Haski January 14, 2025May 24, 2025
photo of displaced people walking and riding carts in refugee camp in Gaza
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Two New Reasons Gaza Peace Is Farther Away Than Ever

by Pierre Haski November 11, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of woman holding up poster to end war in gaza
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

After Sinwar’s Death, Netanyahu Can Do One Of Two Things With His Victory

by Pierre Haski October 18, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of a man wearing a rifle and a woman mourning as they mark one yearsince Hamas Oct. 7 attack on Israel at the site of the Nova Festival.
Israel-Palestine Warbenjamin netanyahu

October 7: A Nation’s Trauma, The Crime Of Collective Punishment

by Pierre Haski October 7, 2024May 24, 2025
A photo of a wireless communication device in the hand of a hezbollah member.
Geopoliticsdonald trump

Israel Keeps Committing War Crimes — And Isn’t Getting Any Safer

by Martin Klingst September 19, 2024May 24, 2025
Photo of a man watching over debris left by an airstrike on Gaza City. The scene is reflected in a mirror on the wall of an apartment.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Iran, Israel, Hamas: Act II Of A Middle East Tragedy

by Dominique Moïsi August 8, 2024May 23, 2025
photo of a young man watching a building being blown up
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Israel’s “War Of Extermination” Keeps Burning — Why Has International Outrage Gone Quiet?

by Moustafa Ibrahim July 25, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of a man carrying an injured girl
Geopoliticsgaza

Kyiv Children’s Hospital vs. Gaza Schoolyard: A Double Standard When Bombs Hit Kids?

by Pierre Haski July 11, 2024May 23, 2025
Photo of Palestinians looking at charred debris in Rafah, Gaza, after Israeli airstrikes on May 27
Israel-Palestine Warisrael

Netanyahu: How To Toe The Line Of Pure Barbarism

by Pierre Haski May 28, 2024May 24, 2025
photo of two police moving a protester in a red shirt
Israel-Palestine Waroctober 7

The “Two Israels” Paradox: A Cruel War With No End In Sight

by Pierre Haski May 14, 2024May 23, 2025
Photo of Palestinians fleeing Rafah on May 6
Israel-Palestine Warbenjamin netanyahu

Rafah Bloodbath Or Sudden Truce? The Last Temptation Of Benjamin Netanyahu

by Pierre Haski May 7, 2024May 23, 2025
Photo of people walking by destroyed building in Rafah, Gaza
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Another Ceasefire Rejected? Why Gaza War Is Good For Netanyahu — And Hamas

by Pierre Haski May 1, 2024May 23, 2025
Activists block a highway and hold posters.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Israeli Hostages In Gaza: What Their Relatives Think Of A Ceasefire Deal

by Agnese Tonghini and Bertrand Hauger March 28, 2024May 22, 2025
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Benjamin Netanyahu (l), Prime Minister of Israel, give a press statement.
Geopoliticsgaza

Can Netanyahu Ignore The Whole World?

by Pierre Haski March 18, 2024May 22, 2025
Islamists And Grifters: Inside The Labyrinth Of Africa's Hostage Racket
Geopoliticsgaza

Islamists And Grifters: Inside The Labyrinth Of Africa’s Hostage Racket

by Christian Putsch March 9, 2024May 24, 2025
Fighters of various Palestinian resistance groups parade during a joint military exercise taking place in the Gaza Strip.
Ideasgenocide

Equating Islam And Terrorism: An Old Debate Is Back — More Explosive Than Ever

by Shukri Al-Rayyan and Elias Kassem March 3, 2024May 22, 2025
A photo of a displaced child in Gaza can be seen waiting for food
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Countdown To Ramadan, A New Deadline Turns The War In Gaza Even Darker

by Pierre Haski February 20, 2024May 21, 2025
Photo of the remains of the Al-Huda Mosque
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Gaza — Why The West Keeps Letting Israel Do Whatever It Wants

by Pierre Haski February 13, 2024May 21, 2025
Photo of children walking under the remains of Al-Huda Mosque destroyed in an Israeli bombing
Israel-Palestine Wardisplaced people

The Rafah Invasion And That Old Yitzhak Rabin Dream: “Gaza Sunk Into The Sea”

by Elias Kassem and Hazem El-Amin February 13, 2024May 22, 2025
Posters bearing photos of hostages and signs blaming PM Netanyahu for neglect and abandonment of his citizens.
Israel-Palestine Warisrael

For A Gaza Truce, Hostages Remain The Hardest Question

by Elias Kassem February 8, 2024May 23, 2025
A Palestinian girl carrying a baby walks in front of her house in a poor neighborhood in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Stolen Land, Stolen Life: When An Israeli Soldier Takes A Gazan Baby Home

by Nourhan Sharafuldin February 5, 2024May 21, 2025
Israeli forces demolish a building belonging to a Palestinian in Jerusalem.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Israel’s “Buffer Zone” In Gaza Is Just A Brutal Land Grab Of Occupation

by Mustafa Ibrahim and Elias Kassem January 31, 2024May 21, 2025
photo of children lined up at a gate with pots, pans, buckets
Geopoliticsgaza

A New Ceasefire Deal In Gaza Will Be Hard — Making It Last Is Basically Impossible

by Pierre Haski January 31, 2024May 21, 2025
Photo of man walking past a prison in Israel
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Palestinians Accuse Israeli Prisons Of “Systematic Torture”

by Elias Kassem January 17, 2024May 21, 2025
Photo of Israeli soldiers during an incursion in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank on Dec. 14.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Israel’s Wave Of West Bank Arrests Is Really Just Revenge Hostage-Taking

by Elias Kassem December 19, 2023May 22, 2025
photo of people marching with the sign Bring Them Home Now
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Why Netanyahu Has Little Choice But To Extend The Ceasefire

by Pierre Haski November 27, 2023May 21, 2025
Photograph of posters depicting children and relatives that have been kidnapped by Hamas.
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Hostage Release: The “Psychological Terror” Of Awaiting Your Loved One’s Return

by Valeria Berghinz November 24, 2023May 23, 2025
photo of someone holding a poster of a hostage
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Bibi Blinked: How The Ceasefire Deal Could Flip Israel’s Whole Gaza War Logic

by Pierre Haski November 22, 2023May 23, 2025
Photo of people holding pictures of hostages held by Hamas during a march in London
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Woman, Boy May Be First New Hostage Releases As Negotiations Accelerate For Wider Deal – Mideast War, Day 34

by Emma Albright and Jakob Mieszkowski-Lapping November 9, 2023May 21, 2025
Photo of a woman standing in front of a wall dedicated to the hostages taken by Hamas
Israel-Palestine Wargaza

Report: Deal Close For 10-15 Hostages In Exchange For Brief Ceasefire – Mideast War, Day 33

by Emma Albright November 8, 2023May 21, 2025
Photograph of an undercover Israeli police man arresting a young Palestinian boy.
Geopoliticsisrael

Israel’s Jails Are Filling Up With Palestinians — Is This The Bargaining Chip For Gaza Hostages?

by Valeria Berghinz November 1, 2023May 21, 2025
Photo of Ibrahim Biari
Geopoliticsgaza

Who Is Ibrahim Biari, Hamas Mastermind Targeted In Refugee Camp Bombing?

by Emma Albright and Cameron Manley November 1, 2023May 21, 2025
​Photograph of a 'Kidnapped' poster depicting a 9 year old boywho is hostage of Hamas
Geopoliticsisrael

The Hamas Hostage Strategy Comes Straight From Their Mentors’ Playbook In Tehran

by Worldcrunch October 30, 2023May 23, 2025
Photo of people Palestinians throwing stones toward Israeli troops
Geopoliticsgaza

Second Front? Tension In West Bank Reaching New Heights–  Mideast War, Day 21

by Emma Albright and Jakob Mieszkowski-Lapping October 27, 2023May 21, 2025

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