Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a stark warning Wednesday, August 7, stressing that global attention on Gaza’s humanitarian situation is dangerously eclipsing the urgent need to rescue hostages held by Hamas.
On Tuesday’s PBS NewsHour, Matan Eshet, cousin of Israeli hostage Evyatar David, said Hamas is emboldened when the international community ignores the terrorist group’s theft and exploitation of humanitarian aid entering Gaza.
Grammy-nominated artist John Ondrasik, best known as the frontman of Five For Fighting, is calling for renewed global pressure on Hamas to release remaining Israeli hostages in the wake of U.S. military action targeting Iran’s nuclear program.
The Pakistani military confirmed Wednesday that 21 hostages were killed after separatist militants from the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) hijacked a train in the southwestern province of Balochistan. The BLA, claiming responsibility for the attack, asserted that it had killed 50 people.
FBI Director Kash Patel pledged to bring home American hostages during the State Department's U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Flag Raising Ceremony.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) recently censored Anne Bayefsky, Director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust, during an interactive dialogue session.
Forensic experts in Israel have confirmed that the remains of two Israeli child hostages, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, were among four bodies released by Hamas.
Hamas announced Tuesday that it will return the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including Kfir and Ariel Bibas, the youngest captives taken by the group.
