News of hostages

Joy as last remaining Israel-Argentine hostages released by Hamas

Today 16:06 Twenty living hostages, including three Argentine-Israelis, were released by Hamas on Monday after more than two years in captivity in Gaza, but some victims and family members are still voicing their anger.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Hamas frees living Israeli hostages from Gaza, Argentines among them

13-10-2025 21:10 Twenty living hostages, including three Argentine-Israelis, released on Monday after more than two years in captivity in Gaza.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel observes October 7 anniversary amid Gaza peace talks

07-10-2025 13:47 Indirect talks continue in Egypt as Israel marks two years since the deadly October 7 attack.

GUEST COLUMN

Will there be light after two years in Hamas’ tunnels?

07-10-2025 12:07 As we commemorate the second anniversary of the worst attack against Jews since the end of World War II, the return of the hostages is a priority.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Mother of Israeli hostages clings to hope after two-year ordeal

03-10-2025 18:03 Every Saturday night for the past two years, tens of thousands of Israelis have gathered in Tel Aviv and across the country to demand the hostages' return.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei meets Netanyahu, ratifies his support for Israel against Hamas

26-09-2025 10:42 Argentine president and Israeli prime minister hold private meeting in New York to discuss conflict in Middle East, bilateral cooperation.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

President Milei begins 10-day tour of Italy, France, Spain, Israel

05-06-2025 15:34 Javier Milei departs for the longest international tour of his Presidency; La Libertad Avanza leader will meet Pope Leo, Macron and Meloni, but the main event will be his time in Israel.

ISRAELI HOSTAGES

Two days of national mourning for Bibas brothers in Argentina

21-02-2025 14:00 President Javier Milei calls for two days of national mourning in honour of the Argentine Israeli Bibas boys, whose bodies were released Thursday by Hamas.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Hamas hands over bodies of Israel's Bibas family, elderly hostage

20-02-2025 10:36 Hamas militants hand the bodies of four hostages taken into Gaza during their October 7, 2023 attack, reportedly including members of the Bibas family – symbols of Israel's ordeal since the Gaza war began.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel hostage group mourns 'heart-shattering' death of Bibas babies

19-02-2025 16:45 Israel confirms that Hamas will hand over bodies of three remaining members of the Bibas family in upcoming hostage exchange, including children Ariel and Kfir.

HAMAS' ISRAELI HOSTAGES

Foreign Minister travels to Israel to meet with families of hostages

01-02-2025 08:52 Argentina's Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein arrives in Israel on Saturday, where he will meet with families of the hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Milei 'eagerly' awaiting release of Israeli-Argentine hostages

17-01-2025 09:28 President Milei says he hopes US president-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are "successful" in securing the release of hostages.

Release of Hostages

Who are the seven Argentine hostages awaiting release from Hamas?

16-01-2025 17:32 Shiri Silberman Bibas and her sons Ariel and Kfir are the most high-profile hostages who could be released in the first phase of the ceasefire deal.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei signs Biden’s statement calling for Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal

06-06-2024 12:20 President Javier Milei’s government co-signs US-led statement urging Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal and Israel to accept compromises in a bid to stop the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina, 17 other nations to call on Hamas to release Israeli hostages

25-04-2024 12:55 Argentina signs joint statement calling for the release of the hostages held in Gaza; Casa Rosada's release says nation is aligned with "nations of the free world."

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel's Shiri Bibas: unwitting face of hostages

06-03-2024 14:31 Poignant images of an anguished Shiri Bibas clutching her two red-headed boys as she was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 have turned her into the face of the Israeli hostages seized that day.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Tears, hugs in Tel Aviv after rescue of Israeli-Argentine hostages

12-02-2024 10:06 Israeli special forces in a dramatic overnight raid freed two Argentine-Israeli captives held by Hamas militants since the October 7 attack, in Gaza's densely crowded southern city of Rafah near Egypt.

ARMED ATTACK

Gunmen burst into Ecuador television studio live on air

09-01-2024 17:15 Armed men wearing balaclavas burst into studio of public television station in Ecuador's drug violence-torn port city of Guayaquil, taking hostage several journalists and staff members.

ISRAEL-PALESTINE WAR

Four more Argentines released from Gaza

29-11-2023 14:18 Dual Argentine citizens Ofelia Roitman, Clara Marman, Gabriela Leimberg and Mia Leimberg released by Hamas.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Argentina welcomes release of six citizens held hostage by Hamas

28-11-2023 14:30 Six citizens with dual nationality released by Palestinian militants; Two groups of three, a mother and two daughters, selected for liberation from kidnapping nightmare.

ISRAEL-PALESTINE WAR

Demo calls for Hamas hostage release, month on from attack

07-11-2023 16:16 Organisations tie plush toys and teddies to Buenos Aires' famed Obelisk monument to draw attention the 40 babies, children and teenagers that have been hostage by Hamas since October 7. Among them, four Argentines aged between nine months and nineteen years.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Argentina condemns Israeli attack on refugee camp in Gaza Strip

02-11-2023 12:14 Foreign Ministry says “nothing justifies the violation of international humanitarian law, and the obligation to protect the civilian population” in wake of attack on Jabalia refugee camp; Massa distances himself from government statement.

WAR in MIDDLE EAST

Argentina says 9-month-old baby among Hamas hostages

27-10-2023 17:10 Detail confirmed was confirmed by Francisco Tropepi, Chargé d'affaires of the Argentine Embassy in Tel Aviv, who stated that he is the youngest victim kidnapped by the terrorist group.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Hamas holding 21 Argentines hostage, confirms Foreign Ministry

26-10-2023 00:34 Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires intensifies dialogue with countries in the Middle East region to secure the release of the captives being held by terrorists in Gaza Strip.