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A woman was rescued from a hostage situation after sending a note begging for help to a restaurant through Grubhub
The note on the order asked the New York restaurant staff to "please call the police" and "please d…
Rebecca Cohen
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My 51-year-old dad disappeared trying to rescue my sister after Hamas launched its attacks on Israel. We traced his phone but his whereabouts, and his fate, are a mystery.
Mark Peretz was racing to save his daughter from Hamas' incursion. "I'm Israeli. Don't shoot me!" h…
Reed Alexander
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Why Delta Force operators were on the sidelines during their first successful hostage-rescue mission
Delta has become the US's go-to hostage-rescue force, but during its first outing, the Unit's opera…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Western special operations activity is on the rise around a new US partner in a strategic but unstable area of the Mediterranean
US Navy SEALs drilled with Cypriot commandos after other Western forces moved into position amid co…
Constantine Atlamazoglou
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How a daring daylight raid broadcast on live TV made the elite British SAS back into a household name
Operation Nimrod was a success, and because much of it was caught on live television, it propelled …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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How the Army's Delta Force and Nightstalkers teamed up to rescue hostages in Iraq, according to operators who were there
In mid-2004, US Army special operators executed a rare daylight raid to rescue contractors held hos…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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How British special operators defied their bosses to rescue 2 comrades captured on a secretive mission in Iraq
The British SAS motto is "Who dares wins," and in the southern Iraqi city of Basra in September 200…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Meet the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team: the law-enforcement equivalent of Delta Force
The Hostage Rescue Team has a lot in common with the best military special operators - with key dif…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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A GOP politician tried to use the Iran hostage crisis to help Reagan in the 1980 election. The man who accompanied him wants to come clean to Jimmy Carter: 'History needs to know that this happened'
It took four decades for Ben Barnes to come forward with the story but he said he wanted to correct…
Hannah Getahun
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How SEAL Team 6's mastery of a risky infiltration method sets it apart from other US special operators
SEAL Team 6 and the Army's Delta Force are the main US special-operations units for hostage rescues…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Missiles were fired toward a US Navy destroyer responding to an attempted hijacking near Yemen. The same warship was targeted in this area years ago.
The USS Mason had to fire interceptor missiles to defend against Houthi threats in 2016. Threats em…
Jake Epstein
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Missiles were fired toward a US Navy destroyer responding to an attempted hijacking near Yemen. The same warship was targeted in this area years ago.
The USS Mason had to fire interceptor missiles to defend against Houthi threats in 2016. Threats em…
Jake Epstein
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Gaza death toll surges to more than 14,800
As the four-day humanitarian pause agreed between Israel and Hamas is set to begin on Friday, the d…
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Police found an 80-year-old woman trapped in her home with an intruder after her family grew concerned because she hadn't shared her Wordle score
"I didn't send my older daughter a Wordle in the morning. And that was disconcerting to her," Holt …
Yelena Dzhanova
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All hostages have been released and the hostage-taker is dead after an hours-long standoff inside a Texas synagogue
A man took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue on Saturday, starting a 10-hour standoff that e…
Taylor Ardrey
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An American nurse who was evacuated from Gaza describes the hospital staff who stayed behind: 'We're going to die saving as many people as we can'
A nurse who works with Doctors Without Borders told CNN her colleagues stayed behind in Gaza, even …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert,…
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Former FBI hostage rescue team member rates 10 hostage-rescue scenes in movies and TV
Former FBI HRT member Chris Whitcomb breaks down the rescue tactics portrayed in movies such as "Di…
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Former FBI hostage rescue team member rates 10 hostage-rescue scenes in movies and TV
Former FBI Hostage Rescue Team member Chris Whitcomb rates 10 rescue scenes for realism in movies a…
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Shani Louk's mother says they can't have a 'real funeral' for her daughter because they don't have her body
Louk was at a music festival near the Gaza border when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. Israel's…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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American citizen rescued in Nigeria by US special forces after being taken hostage, officials say
No members of the US military were injured during this rescue operation, according to the Chief Pen…