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


Smuggler kidnaps, imprisons Sri Lankan woman in apartment outside Jerusalem

The mother had called the police the day prior and explained that her daughter had been kidnapped by a man whom she knew.

 Israeli police guard while Palestinians perform Friday prayers in the East Jerusalem  Neighborhood of Ras Al Amud, January 19, 2024.

Israelis mark 100 days of Gaza hostages' captivity, block Ayalon highway

Protesters blocked the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, with the Forum denying its involvement.

 Israeli protesters block Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, January 13, 2024

Hostage family members grapple with the aftermath of abduction

Moran Aloni reflects on his six family members who were taken captive by Hamas.

 THE ALONI FAMILY picking strawberries in better times.

Jewish National Fund-USA: Healing Hearts and Building Resilience in Israel’s Eshkol Region

Unyielding support amidst the aftermath of October 7th

 Children in Eshkol are taught to manage their trauma

Hamas: No release of hostages until a total ceasefire in Gaza

Al-Arouri reportedly said that he was open to exchanging the bodies of fallen Israeli soldiers for the bodies of killed terrorists, claiming Hamas simply needed time to exhume the dead Israelis.

 Hamas senior leader Saleh al-Arouri. December 2, 2023.

Israel recovers body of hostage, four more killed in Gaza

Three more who had been kidnapped, and one other who was thought to have been, were declared dead on Friday.

 Guy Iloz

Video purports to show Israeli-Russian academic kidnapped in Iraq

Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the video, which if confirmed would be the first images of Tsurkov published since her kidnapping more than seven months ago.

A Hezbollah flag and a poster depicting Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah are pictured along a street, near Sidon, Lebanon July 7, 2020

Israel cannot, must not, jeopardize future of our country due to blackmail - opinion

We cannot let this bitter debate divide us as a nation, forcing us to again take sides and pitting Israeli against Israeli.

 Palestinians at the Erez Crossing, also known as the Beit Hanoun Crossing, between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip, after the Hamas have launched a large attack on Israel, October 7, 2023

New websites show firsthand tragic accounts of October 7 massacre

Israel's official X account recently shared www.hamas-massacre.net, a site with dozens of gruesome photos and videos of the slaughter.

 The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, November 1, 2023

Missing in Gaza: Liri Albag

There are many more who are still missing, and their families have not received any information on their whereabouts.

 Young boys look at posters depicting missing people and stating that they were kidnapped by Hamas militants outside a Synagogue in Larnaca, Cyprus October 17, 2023.