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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 365

hostage ransoms

Released hostage Moran Stela Yanai in conversation with TV show "Uvda" about her experiences in Hamas captivity. (Channel 12 News, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 25, 2024, 9:23 am
Released hostage says Gaza captor demanded ransom from her father
Moran Stela Yanai’s dad was contacted by man claiming to hold her; she had been asked how much he’d pay for her release: ‘They don’t just toy with us, they toy with our families’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)
December 2, 2022, 9:26 am
Counter-terror police free 16-year-old kidnapped for ransom in Jaljulia
Eight suspects arrested for holding teen, apparently a member of a rival gang, for over 24 hours while demanding hundreds of thousands of shekels
By ToI Staff
A member of the Jewish community of the Brodsky Synagogue in Kyiv, Ukraine, shortly after his rescue by police, August 28, 2020. (Courtesy of Ukraine National Police)
September 5, 2020, 6:07 am
Ukraine cops free Jewish businessman abducted for ransom outside synagogue
A gang of criminals allegedly led by a former business partner abducted the man in Kyiv, but police managed to track him down and rescue him
By JTA and ToI Staff
Investigators working to solve Jack Teich's kidnapping case. (Courtesy of the Nassau County Police Department)
July 23, 2020, 7:04 pm
Victim of 1974 NY anti-Semitic abduction, record-high ransom finally tells all
Jack Teich’s kidnapping at gunpoint, huge payoff, and trial made national headlines, but even his family didn’t know the gruesome details… until, aged 80, he wrote his memoir
By Elissa Einhorn
In this March 16, 2016, file photo, American student Otto Warmbier is escorted at the Supreme Court in Pyongyang, North Korea. Warmbier, whose parents say has been in a coma while serving a 15-year prison term in North Korea, was released and returned to the United States Tuesday, June 13, 2017, as the Trump administration revealed a rare exchange with the reclusive country. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin, File)
April 26, 2019, 6:59 pm
Trump denies paying North Korea for release of US Jewish student Otto Warmbier
Reports said a US official was made to sign a pledge to pay $2m in medical costs before being allowed to bring home the comatose torture victim, who died days after his return
By AFP
Margaret Oliele, former detained patient, poses for a portrait in her home in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
October 25, 2018, 7:47 pm
In hospitals all over the world, patients are held hostage for cash
Medical centers are illegally detaining patients after they’re discharged, using armed guards, locked doors, and even chains to hold those who haven’t paid up
By Maria Cheng
This photo taken on December 6, 2016, shows Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani at a Gulf Cooperation Council summit in the Bahraini capital Manama. (AFP Photo/Stringer)
June 9, 2017, 1:33 am
Egypt accuses Qatar of paying huge ransom to IS-linked group
Cairo asks UN to probe allegations Gulf nation paid up to $1 billion to free kidnapped members of royal family
By AFP
Israeli national Ben Hassin, who was jailed for killing a taxi driver in an unnamed Arab country, where he went to fight Islamic State. (courtesy)
February 16, 2017, 6:14 pm
Group says it was exploited to raise ransom cash for captive Israeli
ZAKA emergency service in dispute with family of Ben Hassin over bank account transparency for transfer of $120,000 blood money
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Congressman Ed Royce during the committee's hearing on Iran, September 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
September 14, 2016, 8:58 pm
House panel approves bill prohibiting cash payments to Iran
Legislation comes a week after Obama administration acknowledged it paid Tehran $1.7 billion in cash installments
By Richard Lardner
A view of Caracas, Venezuela. (Photo by Fernando Flores/Flikr CC BY-SA 2.0)
December 22, 2015, 8:08 pm
Jewish father and son freed in Venezuela with $400K ransom
Jewish community paid sum after negotiations with kidnappers who demanded $1 million
By JTA
French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian delivers a speech during his visit at the Special Operations Forces Innovation Network Seminar (SOFINS), on April 14, 2015 at Souge military camp in Martignas-sur-Jalle. (Mehdi Fedouach/AFP)
August 29, 2015, 9:18 am
French police suspect Israeli criminals in phone scam
Man posing as France’s defense minister called African leaders, seeking ransom for agents ‘abducted by jihadists’
By AFP
President Barack Obama speaks about the completion of the Hostage Policy Review in the White House, Washington, Wednesday, June 24, 2015. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
June 25, 2015, 8:46 am
Obama: US government let down hostages’ families
President clears way for families of hostages to pay ransom without facing prosecution, though government will continue to refuse to negotiate
By AP and AFP
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