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Three Iranian military pilots held captive in Qatar for six months without contact - report

Qatar denied later on Saturday that it was holding Iranian pilots, saying they had violated Qatari airspace earlier this year and had failed to respond to attempts to contact them.

A replica of an Iranian air force F-4 Phantom fighter aircraft is displayed before traffic along a city square in Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on August 10, 2026.
Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi shakes hands with Myanmar's Resident Representative and Head of Delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Arnaude de Baecque, in Naypyidaw, Myanmar August 3, 2026.

Detained Myanmar leader met by Red Cross for first contact since ousting of gov't in coup

Israeli soldiers stand guard during a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, April 14, 2026

Israel to assume one-year chairmanship of Arlosen Archives, comprehensive WWII archive in 2027

 A general view of a burnt emergency medical tent set up by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) at the General Referral Hospital of Mongbwalu in Mongbwalu, on May 23, 2026.

Protesters burn treatment centers, attack healthcare workers to retrieve bodies of Ebola victims


Israel returned bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza following Ran Gvili's return, Red Cross confirms

The transfer of the Palestinians' remains came following the discovery of last Gaza hostage Ran Gvili's remains and as part of the deal to end the war in Gaza.

A Red Cross vehicle operates in an area within Yellow Line in Gaza City, November 12, 2025

New York apartment building gas leak fire kills one, injures several

Fire department units were on the scene before the fire began, investigating reports of gas being smelled on the 15th and 16th floors of the building. While on scene, a gas explosion occurred.

A FIRE in the top floors of a Bronx apartment building in New York City, January 24, 2026.

In coordination with Israel, Hamas renews search for final hostage Ran Gvili in Gaza

The search is occurring in Zeitoun, in northern Gaza. The neighborhood is split by the Yellow Line that divides the Strip between Hamas and Israel-controlled territories.

Palestinian Hamas terrorists secure the area as Egyptian workers accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) search for the remains of the last Israeli hostage in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on December 8, 2025.

Israel kidnaps PIJ terrorist in covert op. in Hamas-controlled Gaza, pursuing Ran Gvili - report

The terrorist was reportedly taken from an area near Palestine Square in Gaza City. The IDF has declined to comment on the matter, according to Army Radio.

 IDF soldiers operate, eliminate Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist in Gaza, April 21, 2025.

Hamas, Red Cross searching for last Israeli hostage Ran Gvili's remains in Gaza

Staff-Sergeant Major Ran Gvili is the only hostage remaining in the Palestinian territory.

Hamas terrorists escort members of the Red Cross towards an area within the Yellow Line in Gaza City, November 20, 2025

Findings transferred by Hamas from Gaza not connected to hostages, PMO confirms

National Center of Forensic Medicine confirm that the findings brought yesterday from Gaza for examination do not belong to Israeli hostages.

Red Cross vehicles transport the bodies of deceased hostages who had been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023 attack, after they were handed over by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, October 14, 2025.

'Highly likely' remains transferred by Hamas not of deceased hostage, Israeli source tells 'Post'

However, the identification process of the remains at Abu Kabir is "still ongoing," according to the Health Ministry.

A convoy carrying potential remains of a Gaza hostage make their way to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute, December 2, 2025

Returned hostage Dror Or laid to rest in Kibbutz Be'eri

Or's remains were returned to Israel by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas via the Red Cross last week.

Returned hostage Dror Or laid to rest in Kibbutz Be'eri, November 30, 2025.

Qatar calls to continue Gaza ceasefire deal, drawing Hostage Forum's ire

Following Dror Or’s return to Israel, the two deceased hostages who remain in Gaza are Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak and St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili.

 Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari, speaks in Doha, Qatar, February 20, 2024.

Red Cross to shed nearly 3,000 jobs, scale back budget amid donor fatigue

The Red Cross will reduce its 2026 budget by nearly a fifth to 1.8 billion Swiss francs ($2.2 billion) after a huge shortfall as donors shift their focus towards defense.

Hamas and Red Cross workers searching for the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages in Shejaia, Gaza. November 4, 2025.