56 cases built around “hostage”

Every case where “hostage” is the word we tracked: present in the article's opening at one of our six waypoints since 2005, absent or demoted today.

• Price tag attack policyThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2020. Today the opening carries none, and neither does the rest of the article, references included.
• Samir KuntarThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 2 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Gilad ShalitThe word "hostage" appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 15 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• The Sergeants affairThe word "hostage" appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 28 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Black September OrganizationThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2005. Today the opening carries none. 3 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Benzion NetanyahuBenzion Netanyahu was an Israeli historian and the father of Yonatan, Benjamin, and Iddo Netanyahu. Through 2015 the opening reported that his son Yonatan, former commander of Sayeret Matkal, was killed in action…
• 2006 Gaza cross-border raidThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 3 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Abbas al-MusawiAbbas al-Musawi was Hezbollah's Secretary-General from 1991 to 1992. The 2010 opening explained that a new leader was needed partly to facilitate the release of the Western hostages held by Hezbollah. Today's opening…
• Tom GrossA British journalist and human rights campaigner who has interviewed victims of Islamist terrorism on stage. The 2015 opening said he conducted on-stage interviews "including with a French hostage kidnapped by Islamic…
• Savoy Hotel attackThe Savoy Hotel attack was a 1975 PLO assault on a Tel Aviv hotel in which guests were taken hostage and threatened with execution. In 2010 the opening said "the guests were taken hostage," that Palestinians threatened…
• Adam CzerniakówThe head of the Warsaw Ghetto Jewish Council, or Judenrat, during World War II, who died by suicide in 1942. The 2005 opening stated "Failure to comply would result in immediate execution of some one hundred hostages,…
• Abdul Rauf AzharThe word "hostage" appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 4 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Vanessa RedgraveThe word "hostage" appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2005. Today the opening carries none. 2 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Steve SabellaThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Kidnapping in NigeriaThis article covers Nigeria's kidnapping crisis, which includes hostage-taking of expatriate oil workers in the Niger Delta and mass abductions by the terrorist group Boko Haram in the northeast. Through 2020 the…
• Kehat ShorrKehat Shorr was the shooting coach for Israel's 1972 Olympic team, one of eleven Israeli athletes killed in the Munich massacre. Through 2010 the opening said he was among the members of Israel's Olympic team who were…
• Amitzur ShapiraAmitzur Shapira was an Israeli Olympic track coach murdered in the 1972 Munich massacre. In 2010 the opening said he and 10 other Israeli team members 'were taken hostage by Arab terrorists at the games,' then 'held…
• Beheading videoBeheading videos are a propaganda format built around hostages killed on camera, most notoriously used by Islamist militant groups during the War on Terror era. The 2010 opening explained the format was "popularized…
• Damascus affairThe Damascus affair of 1840 was a blood libel in which Jews were tortured until they falsely confessed to murder. Through 2005 the opening said events culminated "in a seizure of sixty-three Jewish children held…
• Jehoash of IsraelThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Hayat BoumeddieneThe word "hostage" appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2020. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Sinai insurgencyThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 9 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Yvonne RidleyThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2005. Today the opening carries none. 7 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Djamel BeghalDjamel Beghal is an Algerian convicted terrorist who, according to the 2015 opening, mentored fellow prisoners Chérif Kouachi of the Charlie Hebdo shooting and Amedy Coulibaly, who carried out the Fontenay-aux-Roses…
• Old Synagogue (Kraków)The word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Simon ThassiThe word "hostage" appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 3 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• General GovernmentThe word "hostage" appeared 3 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 7 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• HebronThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 2 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Christchurch mosque shootingsThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2020. Today the opening carries none, and neither does the rest of the article, references included.
• Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC)The word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Michael HarariThe word "hostage" appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 3 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• HypercacherHypercacher is a Paris kosher supermarket where an Islamist terrorist murdered four Jewish hostages during the January 2015 Île-de-France attacks. Through 2015 the opening said "On 9 January 2015, Islamist terrorist…
• Australian Defence LeagueThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2020. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• True Blue CrewThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2020. Today the opening carries none, and neither does the rest of the article, references included.
• El Al Flight 426The word "hostage" appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 4 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Nu'aym ibn Mas'udThe word "hostage" appeared 3 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 5 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Dan ShomronThe word "hostage" appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 3 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Washington Jewish WeekThe word "hostage" appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• 2017 Finsbury Park van attackThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2020. Today the opening carries none, and neither does the rest of the article, references included.
• Association of Muslim Scholars in IraqThe word "hostage" appeared 2 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2005. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• List of antisemitic incidents in the United StatesThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in October 6, 2023. Today the opening carries none. 11 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• January 2015 Île-de-France attacksThe word "hostage" appeared 4 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 20 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Antiochus V EupatorThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2005. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Yishai BeerThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Islamic Center of WashingtonThe Islamic Center of Washington was the site of the 1977 Hanafi Siege, in which armed gunmen took hostages in Washington, D.C. In 2010 the opening named the "Hanafi Siege" and said "Muslim gunmen holding hostages made…
• Alfred YaghobzadehThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 1 remains further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Bawa MuhaiyaddeenThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2005. Today the opening carries none. 3 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Cohen on the BridgeThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none, and neither does the rest of the article, references included.
• FBI Most Wanted TerroristsThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2005. Today the opening carries none, and neither does the rest of the article, references included.
• Luise RainerThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2005. Today the opening carries none. 5 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Mohammad Al SubailMohammad Al Subail was the imam of the Grand Mosque of Mecca. The October 6, 2023 opening said, "He is one of the hostages who survived the incident of the Juhayman armed group storming the Great Mosque of Mecca."…
• Shakeel BeggThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2020. Today the opening carries none. 3 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• RevadimThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none, and neither does the rest of the article, references included.
• Shmil Ben AriThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2015. Today the opening carries none. 2 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
• Controversies of Mahmoud AhmadinejadThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none, and neither does the rest of the article, references included.
• Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of PalestineThe word "hostage" appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in 2010. Today the opening carries none. 27 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.

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