‘#Putin Will Do That For Me’: #Trump Drops Campaign Clip Claiming #Russia Will Release @WSJ Reporter Only If He’s Reelected
Trump released a campaign clip on Tues in which he doubled down on the wild claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin will release jailed WSJ reporter #EvanGershkovich if he’s reelected president.
"A #German - #Israeli#hostage who was released after nearly two months in captivity has sued the international Committee of the #RedCross (#ICRC) for alleged medical neglect."
"Families of #Israelis being held #hostage by #Hamas were reprimanded by representatives of the #RedCross in a meeting earlier this week, with the Red Cross telling one family they need to "think about the #Palestinian side," KAN reported on Thursday night."
The Israeli army has intensified its renewed assault on Jabalia refugee camp and the Zeitoun area in northern Gaza as resistance factions regroup there, months after the Israeli army said it had "defeated Hamas" in the north.
@Raccoon
It's Hamas who refuses the Two State Solution.
They negotiate with #hostage and #martyr, extracting demands from everyone.
I have full confidence in the nation of #israel to rescue it's people using any methods from negotiation to assassination. Every nation is responsible for the safety and prosperity of it's civilian population.
"According to reports, Mustafa was killed in an airstrike while traveling in a vehicle. He lived near Tyre, in the Rashidieh camp, which is home to a significant portion of Palestinians in Lebanon."
Pramila Patten, UN's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, said her team had "found clear and convincing information that sexual violence, including rape, sexualised torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment" had been committed against hostages.
There were "reasonable grounds" to believe such violence could be "ongoing against those still held in captivity." @palestine @israel #hamas #gaza #rape #hostage #hostages #rapeisnotresistance #un https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68474899
Separatist fighters who seized Phillip Mehrtens say he will be released to protect humanity and safeguard human rights, but did not say when. Rebels in Indonesia’s West Papua region have said they will release a New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage a year ago as a bargaining chip for their independence movement....
…#US Amb to #Russia Lynne Tracy said…that Evan’s detention is “not about #evidence, #DueProcess, or rule of #law” but about “using American citizens as #pawns to achieve political ends.” The amb may be granting #Putin & his circle too much credit…. #EvanGershkovich is not being held by an ideological superpower playing some great game of chess…. He is being held by #gangsters who consider #hostage-taking normal business practice.
Itay is in London this week as part of a hostage delegation, who hope to make the case for the release of the remaining 134 hostages.
“They cannot ask or scream for help themselves, and [they are the] voices that should be heard. I am here to give a voice to them and to shout for them,” he said.
Foreign minister Andrew Mitchell, were addressed by relatives of current hostages.
#IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari warns that there may be changes amid the #hostage deal with #Hamas, and that the terror group will attempt to use "psychological terror" against the Israeli public.
He says officers contacted the hostages' families and notified them who is being released, "with the necessary reservations."#israel
"Protesters screaming 'Free Palestine' ambush Easter Vigil at St Patrick's Cathedral."
Peace inside the cathedral quickly devolved into chaos as demonstrators with Extinction Rebellion NYC's Palestinian Solidarity group swarmed into the church.
West Papua: Rebel spokesperson admits he's had no updates on kidnapped New Zealand pilot in three months (i.stuff.co.nz)
Sebby Sambon used to regularly hear from kidnapped Kiwi pilot Phillip Mehrtens’ captors but three months ago that stopped....
New Zealand pilot kidnapped a year ago and held hostage in West Papua will be freed, West Papua National Liberation Army says (www.theguardian.com)
Separatist fighters who seized Phillip Mehrtens say he will be released to protect humanity and safeguard human rights, but did not say when. Rebels in Indonesia’s West Papua region have said they will release a New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage a year ago as a bargaining chip for their independence movement....