The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said the military eliminated a total of 8,034 terrorists, apprehended 11,623 suspects and rescued 6,376 kidnapped hostages from January to December. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Edward Buba, a major general, made this known while briefing journalists on the operations of the military on Thursday in Abuja. Mr Buba said … Read more
ADVOCATING FOR RELEASE OF HOSTAGES In its press briefing last week, the Thai Foreign Ministry did not provide any new updates on the remaining hostages but reiterated its continued efforts to bring them home. “I would like to underline that the Thai government will continue to exert all possible efforts to advocate for our remaining Thai … Read more
Speaker responds: Far too many Evangelicals acritically ‘stand with Israel’ By Melissa Barnhart, Managing Editor Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Ruth Padilla DeBorst, an associate professor at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, speaks at the Fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 23, 2024. | The Christian Post/Hudson Tsuei INCHEON, … Read more
More than 500,000 people rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday, September 7, marking the largest protest in Israeli history, as demonstrators called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s resignation and an immediate ceasefire with Hamas. The massive turnout, organized by the Hostage Families Forum, underscores mounting public frustration with the government’s response to the Gaza conflict. … Read more
Hamas is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist, militant, and nationalist organization. It has a social service wing, Dawah, and a military wing Gaza: Hamas has warned Israel that its “insistence” on getting hostages released through military pressure “will result in them returning to their families in coffins”. “New instructions have been issued to the fighters charged … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas of failing a potential ceasefire agreement following the discovery of the bodies of six hostages in a Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip, local media reported on Sunday. In a video statement posted on X, Netanyahu condemned the terrorist group for refusing to negotiate and vowed to … Read more
Families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza took a dramatic step on Thursday, August 29, and crossed the border fence near the Israeli town of Nir Am. The angry families expressed their desperation, stating that if the government would not bring the hostages back, they would do it themselves. A video of the protest that … Read more
A former Israeli hostage Noa Argamani has publicly spoken and criticised the Israeli media for representing her experiences of her captivity falsely and rhetorically. Speaking to the media, Argamani downplayed some of the accusations levelled against Hamas, the Palestinian resistance group. She stated that Israeli media outlets misinterpreted her testimony, claiming she had been beaten … Read more
The central committee of the Colorado Democratic Party on Monday night rejected a resolution on the Israel-Hamas war that called “for a return of hostages, a lasting ceasefire in Gaza and (an) initiation of negotiations for a lasting peace.” Fifty-five percent of the more than 250 members of the committee who participated voted against the … Read more
During a campaign rally in Virginia, former President Donald Trump advocated for the release of his supporters who have been prosecuted for their roles in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He referenced a recent Supreme Court ruling that he sees as setting a higher legal standard for prosecutors pursuing obstruction charges … Read more
