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Parents of Liverpool Soccer Star Luis Díaz Kidnapped in Colombia
29Oct By adminNo Comments
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Parents of Liverpool Soccer Star Luis Díaz Kidnapped in Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia—The parents of Luis Díaz, a star attacker for the Liverpool soccer club in the English Premier League, were kidnapped Saturday at a gas station in a rural province of Colombia where they are from, police said.Díaz’s parents, Luis Manuel Díaz and Cilenis Marulanda, were seized by at least two men who had been waiting for them at the filling station, a police official said in an interview. Diaz’s father was taken away on a motorcycle, the police said, while the mother was taken in the couple’s 4×4 vehicle. Police said the motivation for seizing the couple appeared to be ransom money.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Hamas Took More Than 200 Hostages From Israel. Here’s What to Know.
24Oct By adminNo Comments
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Hamas Took More Than 200 Hostages From Israel. Here’s What to Know.

Updated Oct. 24, 2023 6:57 pm ETListen to article(2 minutes)Palestinian militants who attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,400 people, abducted over 200 civilians and soldiers and brought them back to the Gaza Strip. Israel has taken part in negotiations for the release of hostages while carrying out military efforts to crush Hamas, the militant group that is holding most of them.Why did Hamas take hostages?Documents recovered from the bodies of dead militants at the sites of the Oct. 7 attacks point to a deliberate strategy to kill as many people as possible, Israeli officials said. Orders carried by militants sent to one kibbutz showed instructions to “kill as many individuals as possible, and capture hostages until receiving further instructions.”Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones &am...
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Hamas Sets Free Two More Hostages but Talks Held Up Over Release of Larger Group
23Oct By adminNo Comments
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Hamas Sets Free Two More Hostages but Talks Held Up Over Release of Larger Group

Listen to article(1 minute)Hamas set free two more civilian hostages on Monday, but negotiations over a possible release of a group of 50 captives stumbled over the militant group’s demand that Israel allow fuel deliveries into Gaza, according to officials familiar with the talks.Hamas said it was releasing the two hostages, a pair of elderly women, on humanitarian grounds. Egyptian officials confirmed that the two hostages were released at Gaza’s Rafah border crossing. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Released American Hostages Face a Long Road to Healing, Father Says
21Oct By adminNo Comments
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Released American Hostages Face a Long Road to Healing, Father Says

Updated Oct. 21, 2023 5:26 pm ETEVANSTON, ILL.— The father of American Natalie Raanan, who was kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas for two weeks along with her mother, hopes she’s home for her birthday.  The teenager from Evanston, Ill., turns 18 on Tuesday, her father, Uri Raanan, said on Saturday. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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U.S. Families With Loved Ones Missing in Israel Turn to Washington for Help
11Oct By adminNo Comments
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U.S. Families With Loved Ones Missing in Israel Turn to Washington for Help

Listen to article(2 minutes)TEL AVIV—As American families desperately try to find loved ones missing in Israel after a deadly attack by the militant group Hamas, many relatives are pressing Washington to take steps to bring them home safely while some others are going out themselves to search for them. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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