Kidnapping

Hezbollah chief Qassem denounces Beirut's inaction following alleged kidnapping of Ahmad Shukr

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem accused Lebanon of inaction over the reported kidnapping of former officer Ahmad Shukr and reiterated Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gives a televised speech from an unknown location in this still image obtained from a video released December 5, 2025; illustrative.
A Palestinian Hamas terrorist stands next to heavy machinery, after Hamas said that it found the body of an Israeli hostage soldier on Tuesday and prepares to return it to Israel through the Red Cross, in Gaza City, November 4, 2025.

Hamas publishes second 'Our Narrative' document two years after October 7 massacre

Image of accused, Osman Azizov, 18

Antisemitic ISIS-tied rape, kidnapping plot conspirator on bail as Toronto Jews question safety

A group of freed school children are seen during a reception at the Governor's office in Minna on December 8, 2025.

Remaining abducted Nigerian schoolchildren freed, government says


Shayetet 13 commandos capture senior Hezbollah official in northern Lebanon - report

Emad Fadel Amhz, a senior member of Hezbollah, was also reportedly a member of the Lebanese Navy.

 Illustrative image purporting to show Emad Fadel Amhaz

Hezbollah's media chief: 'It will not be long before we have Israeli captives'

He also said that there would be no negotiations while fighting continued and that it held Israel responsible for the wellbeing of the group's fighters who had been captured.

 Fighters of the Lebanese Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah attend the funeral of the group's top military commander Ibrahim Aqil in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 22, 2024.

Starved, without air or water: Hostages were murdered just hours before rescue, families told

Families reveal hostages were starved and suffocated before being executed hours before rescue, fueling calls for an investigation.

The shaft leading to the tunnel in which the bodies of six hostages were recovered, September 4, 2024.

IDF determines reported kidnapping in northern West Bank was a false alarm

The IDF responded to a reported sighting of a girl screaming for help from the back of a vehicle.

 Israeli security forces seen blocking a road near Homesh, in the West Bank, December 16, 2021

London community security group shares footage of alleged attempted kidnapping of Jewish children

In London, a Jewish father thwarted an alleged kidnapping attempt on his children near Lubavitch House during Shavuot. Stamford Hill Shomrim seeks witnesses to assist police.

 Members of the Jewish community collect their children from school in north London January 20, 2015

Israel says more than a third of Gaza hostages are dead

Some recovered hostage bodies showed signs of execution.

 Demonstrators hold images of five female soldiers held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, as they protest calling for the release of all hostages held in the Gaza Strip and against the current Israeli government outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, May 25, 2024.

Teenagers released on bail after alleged attempted kidnapping of Orthodox Jewish man in London

The five teenagers, all aged between 15 and 18 years old, have now been released on bail.

 British Passport Office volunteer has his fingerprints scanned for a biometrics enrolment card in London, April 26, 2004.

UK Police investigating attempted kidnapping of haredi man in north London

Two men can be seen approaching a haredi man while another opens the trunk of their car which was stopped in the middle of the street.

British police officers stand watch at crime scene

Body of missing teenage shepherd found in the West Bank

Netanyahu ordered the IDF, Shin Bet, and the Israel Police to carry out intense operational and intelligence activity in the Palestinian villages in the area of the disappearance.

Binyamin Achimair, Missing 14-year-old boy from Samaria, Police are requesting help in searching, April 12, 2024.

Lebanese Christian official kidnapped and killed, sectarian tensions flare

The Lebanese Army said a Syrian gang had killed the Christian official and taken his body to Syria.

 Supporters of the Christian Lebanese Forces party gesture during a protest against the summoning of the party leader Samir Geagea for a hearing by army intelligence over this month's Beirut street violence, in Maarab, Lebanon October 27, 2021.