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The 20 living hostages were returned to Israel on Monday under a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, as James C. Reynolds and Nicole Wootton-Cane report

Hamas is due to release the 48 hostages still being held in Gaza, most of them kidnapped during their 7 October 2023 attack on Israel. 20 of them are believed to be alive, with the fate of two more still unknown.

The Slovenian-born First Lady sent the Russian president a letter in August regarding the fate of Ukrainian children held captive by Moscow

Man, 42, arrested by police who have been unable to identify young victim

Stephanie Slater was kidnapped and buried alive by Michael Sams in 1992. Discover how she survived and what happened to her abductor.

Netanyahu incorrectly told an interviewer there were 46 hostages captured by Hamas, rather than 48

Tal Shoham was held for 505 days in Gaza under brutal conditions

Nearly 50 people remain hostages of Hamas since being kidnapped in the group's attacks on Israel in October 2023. With an agreement to free the captives tantalisingly close, RFI spoke to the mother of one of the captives, Viki Cohen, about her nearly two-year crusade to bring her son home.

They allegedly cooked up a fake story to isolate her.