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A poster in Tehran's Revolution Square to mark the 46th anniversary of the US Embassy takeover and hostage crisis in Tehran, Iran on 5 November 2025. [Getty]

Iran

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How Iran's 'hostage diplomacy' evolved since 1979

Today, arrests on vague national-security charges and prisoner-swap negotiations seems to have become an important pillar of Iran's diplomacy.

A correspondent in Iran

10 December, 2025

Jewish men take part in the Tefillin ceremony along side a freed hostage (unseen), to give thanks for his safe return, and to pray for the return of the bodies of the remaining hostages still thought to be under the rubble of Gaza following their abduction by Hamas militants on October 7, 2023, during the Jewish ritual in Hostages Square, in Tel Aviv on October 31

Israel

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Israel says bodies returned from Gaza not captives

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

01 November, 2025

Egypt team Hamas [Getty]

Gaza ceasefire deal

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Hamas expands search for captive bodies with help from Egypt

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

26 October, 2025

People watch as Palestinians use an excavator to dig deep into the ground, reportedly searching for bodies in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 17, 2025

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Israel pounds Gaza, reimposes blockade as truce breaks down

The New Arab Staff

19 October, 2025

Palestinian teams search for bodies of Israeli hostages

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Hamas gives Israel another captive body, vows to return rest

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

18 October, 2025

Thirteen Israeli hostages released by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, as part of a cease-fire and hostage-prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel

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Four Gaza hostage bodies brought into Israel for identification

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

13 October, 2025

- US President Donald Trump greets Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas during a summit on Gaza in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025.

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World leaders seal Gaza deal after Israel-Hamas hostage swap

The New Arab Staff

13 October, 2025

People gather to stage a protest demanding an end to the war in Gaza and the return of the hostages, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel on October 04, 2025. (Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu)

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Israeli hostage families want Nobel Peace Prize for Trump

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

06 October, 2025

Protest in Jerusalem

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Families fear for hostages after Israel strike on Hamas in Doha

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

10 September, 2025

Hostages And Missing Families Forum Vigil London

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Hamas releases video of two Israeli hostages held in Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

05 September, 2025

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid

Israel

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Israeli opposition leader backs general strike to end Gaza war

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

12 August, 2025

Israeli soldier organize equipment as they are standing on tanks near the border with the Gaza Strip

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Israel approves Gaza occupation as army warns forces 'worn out'

The New Arab Staff

08 August, 2025

Protest at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on May 28, 2025

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Israeli forces recover bodies of three hostages from Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

22 June, 2025

Rafah [Getty]

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Body of Thai captive retrieved from Gaza by Israeli forces

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

07 June, 2025

Protesters hold banners and placards expressing their opinion during the demonstration.

Israel

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Families of hostages protest Gaza war escalation in Tel Aviv

The New Arab Staff

25 May, 2025

Edan Alexander [Getty]

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Hamas releases video showing Israeli-American captive alive

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

12 April, 2025

Israeli air force [Getty]

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Israel air force to fire pilots who signed Gaza anti-war letter

The New Arab Staff

10 April, 2025