Israel is witnessing massive protests and a general strike after the deaths of six Israeli hostages as pressure builds on Netanyahu over a ceasefire deal. US President Joe Biden has said the Israeli PM is not doing enough to secure a ceasefire and hostage deal.
Some of the hostage-takers were convicted of terrorism charges and were allegedly linked to ISIS, which took responsibility for the Moscow concert hall attack that killed 145 people in March. They wanted to negotiate their free passage out of the prison, but were eliminated by the Russian forces.
Negotiators from the US, Egypt and Qatar are working on a framework deal under which Hamas would free some of the dozens of hostages it holds, in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners and a six-week halt in fighting.
Israel-Hamas war: Sitting in the middle, one of the hostages speaks to the camera, saying he and other elderly hostages who have health issues are "suffering greatly in very harsh conditions."
The 193-member UN General Assembly adopted the draft resolution, introduced by Egypt, at an Emergency Special Session here. The resolution was adopted with 153 votes in favour, while 23 nations abstained and 10 voted against the text.
The Israeli military initially did not acknowledge her death but after the video was released, it said Hamas “continues to exploit psychological terrorism and act inhumanely, through videos and photos of the hostages.”
In a statement likely given under duress, the Israeli woman soldier said Israeli strikes were hitting near where she was being held and called on Israel to halt them.
Security analysts said the chain of events, which took place three weeks after the slaying of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was a “systematic and planned” attack that had shown the state was ineffective in preventing violence.
Dhaka: The hostages were given a test: recite verses from the Quran, or be punished, according to a witness. Those who passed were allowed to eat. Those who failed were tortured and slain. The dramatic,
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London: Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida sought US and French help to secure the release of two Japanese men held by the Islamic State (IS) militants.Kishida Tuesday called on his US and French counterparts over
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