3 days ago · Freed hostage Aviva Siegel, wife of hostage Keith Siegel, who was freed on Saturday from Hamas captivity in Gaza, arrives to speak to journalists at Ichilov Hospital, where he is recovering, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.

A hostage is a person seized by an abductor in order to compel another party, one which places a high value on the liberty, well-being and safety of the person seized—such as a relative, employer, law enforcement, or government—to act, or refrain from acting, in a certain way, often under threat of serious physical harm or death to the ...

17 hours ago · The released Israeli hostages from left: Naama Levy, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Liri Albag and Daniella Gilboa during a musical performance in their honor in a hospital in central Israel this month.

The meaning of HOSTAGE is a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement. How to use hostage in a sentence.

Jan 18, 2025 · Of the nearly 100 hostages still held in Gaza after being taken in an attack by Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7, 2023, seven are U.S. citizens. Israeli officials have confirmed that four of the...

Feb 3, 2025 · Hamas and other militant groups kidnapped 251 people from Israel during the October 7, 2023 terror attacks. The Israeli government says that 76 of them are still held captive inside Gaza. At least...

HOSTAGE definition: 1. someone who is taken as a prisoner by an enemy in order to force the other people involved to do…. Learn more.

A hostage is someone who has been captured by a person or organization and who may be killed or injured if people do not do what that person or organization demands. It is hopeful that two hostages will be freed in the next few days.