3 weeks ago - Since then, the terror group has released all but one of the deceased hostages—including Inbar Haiman, the last female hostage, and the last two remaining American citizens, Omer Neutra and Itay Chen.

4 weeks ago - Ziv was held with Emily for 40 days before they were separated. She was released in January 2025 during the last ceasefire. Gali and Ziv's family said they had been informed by other hostages released in early 2025 that they were still alive.

August 2, 2024 - He said that Paul will be receiving US government support, as all freed hostages do, in the next few days and weeks. He said, "This is now Paul's story to tell, I'm sure he will in time communicate how he wants to tell it." As President Biden delivered a televised statement, he was standing with the families of the three Americans and the green card holder. Sara, it was a really emotional moment. He noted that today is Kurmasheva's daughter, Miriam's 13th birthday.

March 10, 2025 - As President, I have no higher ... back home where they belong. Since taking office, I have secured the release of 13 Americans held captive....

4 days ago - In addition, 14 Thai hostages and one Filipino were released as part of a separate deal. An additional 17 hostages (including 14 Israelis and one American) were released on 26 November, in exchange for 39 Palestinian prisoners.

3 weeks ago - WASHINGTON – Joly Germine, 34, of Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to life in prison without the possibility of supervised release for his role in orchestrating the 2021 hostage taking of 16 American citizens, ...

April 3, 2025 - President Trump keeps delivering on his promise to bring Americans home. Sagui Dekel Chen and two other hostages have been released by Hamas in Gaza after nearly 500 days of horrific captivity. I am grateful that they are back home and safe with their families.

November 7, 2025 - “Today, we have secured the release of two Americans taken hostage by Hamas during the horrific terrorist assault against Israel on October 7,” Biden said in a statement following their release.

November 6, 2025 - He was freed in February 2025 as part of the first phase of a ceasefire and hostage release deal, becoming the second U.S. citizen released after Keith Siegel. On October 7, Sagui had been working in his machine shop just 200 yards from his home when Hamas terrorists entered the kibbutz after sunrise. He and a few others sent urgent text messages warning neighbors to take shelter. Before confronting the attackers, he ensured his then-pregnant wife, Avital, and their two daughters were safe inside a bomb shelter.

October 17, 2025 - "There was a deal to release 48 hostages that was brokered by President Trump, and only 29 were released. That was not the intention," Ruby Chen told The Record and NorthJersey.com, part of the USA Today Network, on Thursday.

Edan Alexander, a 20-year-old Israeli American who has been held hostage since October 2023, will be released, Hamas announced Sunday.

October 13, 2025 - Finally, all of the hostages who survived are now free. The hostage release started shortly before President Trump landed in Israel, as part of a Middle East trip aimed at cementing his Gaza peace plan.

October 13, 2025 - A talented pianist, his family ... awareness of his plight. Three other hostages who had been held with Ohel for more than a year were released during the previous ceasefire, including Eli Sharabi, who said Ohel was like his ...

March 11, 2019 - BEIRUT — The kidnapers of American hostage Joseph J. Cicippio today suspended his death sentence because of mediation by countries that intervened at the request of the United States. The announcement was delivered 45 minutes before the 10 p.m. (noon PDT) deadline set for Cicippio’s death. It was the second message today from the Revolutionary Justice Organization. Earlier, it released ...

October 6, 2025 - Donald Trump has raised the pressure ahead of today's peace talks, urging negotiators to "move fast" as they attempt to end the fighting in Gaza and secure the release of hostages.

October 5, 2025 - QUESTION: I’m joined now by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Good morning to you, Mr. Secretary. SECRETARY RUBIO: Good morning. QUESTION: Let’s pick up where Ian left off. Are there real signs of hope here? Is this different? SECRETARY RUBIO: This is the closet we’ve come to getting all of the hostages released – every […]

April 21, 2025 - Former hostage Terry Anderson is shown at a news conference in the Syrian Foreign Ministry in Damascus, after his release on December 4, 1991.