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Qatar denies holding Iranian military pilots captive, says search teams found remains of one

Earlier in the day, Iran International reported that three Iranian military pilots have been held in Qatar for the past six months after being captured by Qatari forces.

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


Released hostages return to Israeli territory, to receive medical assessment

The four female IDF soldiers taken hostage by Hamas were transferred, in military uniform, to the Red Cross in Gaza City on Saturday.

 Four female Israeli soldiers released by Hamas in Gaza City, January 25, 2025

Hostage families demonstrate in Tel Aviv, as reunited families celebrate

Liri Albag, Daniella Gilboa, Karina Ariev, and Naama Levy released from Hamas captivity • IDF: Concern over Bibas family's wellbeing

 Families of four released hostages reunite with the returned hostages, January 25, 2025.

France claims hostages in Gaza received medical supplies sent last year

“Reports suggest that recently released hostages from Hamas captivity acknowledged receiving some medical treatments during their imprisonment,” the source explained.

 Visitors at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. September 25, 2024.

Hamas confirms next phase of hostage release to occur on Saturday as planned

An Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post: "The agreement said that the release needs to be on Saturday, and that's the date that the release will happen."

 A Hamas terrorist in front of hostage posters. (Illustrative)

Ninety Palestinian prisoners released as part of ceasefire deal

The prisoners had been transferred from various prisons across the country to the Ofer Prison in the vicinity of Jerusalem.

 Palestinian prisoners arrive at the Ofer prison, outside of Jerusalem as part of the deal between Israel and Hamas. January 19, 2025.

Hamas gave 'completion certificates' to released hostages with Red Cross signatures

The items inside the bag gave a clear depiction of the psychological torture methods Hamas used on captives.

 Red Cross employee signing the Hamas certificate

Hostage survivor to Red Cross: Why hasn't your medicine reached the hostages?

Hostage survivors and their families pressed the Red Cross over the lack of medicine reaching the hostages in Gaza.

 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger poses before a briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022.

Southern Lebanese call on Red Cross to provide basic needs to border area villages – interview

Originally from the Lebanon-Israel border area, A. discusses resilience against Hezbollah, disappointment with UNSC resolution 1701, urgent supply needs, and tabooed wishes for peaceful coexistence

Smoke rises from the southern Lebanese town of Khiam, southern Lebanon, June 25, 2024

Lebanese army says it fired on Israeli troops after second soldier killed in strike

Initially, the Lebanese military reported that an Israeli drone had struck an army unit working to enable the passage via the Marjeyoun-Hasbaya road of civilians to the town of Koukba.

 Lebanese army soldiers secure the area of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an apartment on al-Qaem street in Beirut's southern suburbs on September 26, 2024.

Ministers to Netanyahu: No Red Cross visits to Nukhba terrorists without hostage checks first

The High Court of Justice issued a conditional order according to which the state must explain why visits by the Red Cross's representatives to Israeli prisons should be prevented.

 Israeli hostages are handed over to the International Red Cross at Rafah, this past week.