Kidnapping

Dozens kidnapped in northwest Nigeria after bandits invite them to talks

According to police statements, the victims were meeting relatives of a bandit leader in an attempt to broker peace and ease restrictions on movement imposed on the community.

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An empty street in the Esinle community, where pupils and teachers were abducted in a large-scale school attack, in Oyo State, Nigeria, June 2, 2026.
A woman rescued from Boko Haram in Sambisa forest celebrates her freedom from Boko Haram at Malkohi camp for Internally Displaced People in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria

Nigerian forces rescue hundreds of abductees held by Boko Haram

The rescue operation was carried out by a joint task force that includes special forces, who forced JAS fighters to abandon their positions, the military said.

|ByREUTERS
Gunmen stand guard at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

Hamas leadership calls for kidnapping of IDF soldiers following death penalty law passing - report

In a document, Hamas described the proposed legislation as a “fascist law,” and urged members of the organization’s military wing to escalate and carry out “active operations.”

|ByASHER SMITH
US JOURNALIST Shelly Kittleson is pictured in Baghdad on March 31, shortly before she was abducted. Her disappearance has focused attention on the threat posed by Iran-backed militias and the deteriorating security environment in postwar Iraq.

Iraq’s militia state: Shelly Kittleson’s kidnapping exposes who runs Baghdad

BEHIND THE LINES: Since October 2023, forces associated with the PMF – that is, affiliated with the government of Iraq – engaged in ongoing attacks against US personnel and positions.

|ByJONATHAN SPYER

London community security group shares footage of alleged attempted kidnapping of Jewish children

In London, a Jewish father thwarted an alleged kidnapping attempt on his children near Lubavitch House during Shavuot. Stamford Hill Shomrim seeks witnesses to assist police.

JUNE 18, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
Members of the Jewish community collect their children from school in north London January 20, 2015

Israel says more than a third of Gaza hostages are dead

Some recovered hostage bodies showed signs of execution.

JUNE 4, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Demonstrators hold images of five female soldiers held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, as they protest calling for the release of all hostages held in the Gaza Strip and against the current Israeli government outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, May 25, 2024.

Teenagers released on bail after alleged attempted kidnapping of Orthodox Jewish man in London

The five teenagers, all aged between 15 and 18 years old, have now been released on bail.

APRIL 30, 2024ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
British Passport Office volunteer has his fingerprints scanned for a biometrics enrolment card in London, April 26, 2004.

UK Police investigating attempted kidnapping of haredi man in north London

Two men can be seen approaching a haredi man while another opens the trunk of their car which was stopped in the middle of the street.

APRIL 29, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
British police officers stand watch at crime scene

Body of missing teenage shepherd found in the West Bank

Netanyahu ordered the IDF, Shin Bet, and the Israel Police to carry out intense operational and intelligence activity in the Palestinian villages in the area of the disappearance.

APRIL 13, 2024ByYUVAL BARNEA
Binyamin Achimair, Missing 14-year-old boy from Samaria, Police are requesting help in searching, April 12, 2024.

Lebanese Christian official kidnapped and killed, sectarian tensions flare

The Lebanese Army said a Syrian gang had killed the Christian official and taken his body to Syria.

APRIL 8, 2024ByTZVI JOFFRE
Supporters of the Christian Lebanese Forces party gesture during a protest against the summoning of the party leader Samir Geagea for a hearing by army intelligence over this month's Beirut street violence, in Maarab, Lebanon October 27, 2021.

Police arrest two Bedouin residents for kidnapping, sexual assault of 15-year-old in the South

A similar offense occurred in April 2023, where three Bedouin residents from Laqiya were arrested for attempted kidnapping and assault of a resident of Kiryat Malakhi.

APRIL 1, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A police car at night.

Nigerian village celebrates the return of kidnapped students

The army announced on Sunday it had rescued 137 hostages in the neighboring state of Zamfara, days before a deadline to pay a 1 billion naira ($767,000) ransom for their release.

MARCH 29, 2024ByREUTERS
Nigerian students and staff who were kidnapped this month arrive after they were freed, in Kaduna, Nigeria March 28, 2024.

Biden threatens Russia with costs on Evan Gershkovich arrest anniversary

Gershkovich, 32, became the first US journalist arrested on spying charges in Russia since the Cold War when he was detained by the Federal Security Service (FSB) on March 29 last year.

MARCH 29, 2024ByREUTERS
: Reporter for U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich appears in this handout picture taken in Moscow, Russia, 2019.

Final three defendants in Lev Tahor cult abduction case convicted

All nine suspects in the case have been convicted, including Lev Tahor’s leader, Nachman Helbrans.

MARCH 29, 2024ByLUKE TRESS/JTA
Members of the fundamentalist Jewish sect Lev Tahor, whose members are suspected of a string of serious crimes, walk along a road after escaping from a detention center where they were being held following a raid, in Huixtla, Chiapas state, Mexico September 28, 2022.