After being captured by Hamas terrorists during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, Omer Wenkert said he never doubted that he would survive.

Police say they received a hoax 911 call about a hostage situation Monday afternoon in Groton. An inmate at the Middleton House of Corrections briefly held a teacher hostage on Tuesday morning.

Mateo, identified in court filings and by investigators as using the alias "Waches," pleaded guilty in November 2024 to one count of conspiracy to commit hostage taking. He had been indicted in April 2024 on six counts and was arrested in May 2024 after law enforcement tracked down an Austin apartment where nine people were being held,

Howell County Sheriff Matt Roberts stated on Monday that deputies, SWAT, and the West Plains Police Department and Crisis Negotiations were on the scene of a hostage situation in Eastern Howell County.

When the Jewish-Arab family realized their son had been kidnapped on Oct 7, Ramzi Nassar decided Liam's part-Arab identity must be concealed, to prevent Hamas from treating him as 'a son of a traitor' The post A father in the shadows: How hostage Liam Or-Nassar’s heritage was hidden to protect him appeared first on The Times of Israel.