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...A sustained rise in commercial insurance prices is prompting more companies to think about using captives, market experts say....
Israel had suggested progress in long-running negotiations for release of remaining captives held in Gaza
...Captives are in-house insurers typically set up by large companies to cover some of their risks, such as property damage....
...A former Hamas leader said the group was holding 200 to 250 people captive, but was focused on securing the release of thousands of Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons....
...A little over two weeks after his release, he received the message that his fellow captives had been killed....
...Hamas insists that any arrangement to secure the release of the captives end with a permanent ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza....
...But the biggest change, according to Israelis, as they mark the exodus of the biblical Israelites from enslavement in Egypt, is that more than 130 of their fellow citizens are still held captive in Gaza,...
Guards released after being held captive by inmates amid escalating gang-linked violence
...Nearly half of those polled by public broadcaster Kan supported an end to the war and the release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners to secure the freedom of the remaining captives....
...He is being held captive by ultrareligious and nationalist parties that provide the seats in parliament needed for him to form a coalition government....
...Israel will expand the authority given to its hostage negotiators, indicating that some progress could lie ahead for talks on an exchange of captives and a ceasefire....
...The UN said it also believes sexual violence occurred against some women and children during their time as captives in Gaza and may be continuing for those who are still hostages....
...That involved more than 100 captives in Gaza freed in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners....
...The youngest of the captives was a month old; the oldest was 93....
Talks to broker an agreement to release the remaining captives have gathered pace in recent days
...India has skin in this game: it supplies many of the sailors on the world’s merchant vessels, 17 of whom were temporarily taken captive last month near the Strait of Hormuz by Iranian troops....
...His comments came as talks facilitated by Qatar to reach a new deal to free the remaining captives have gained fresh urgency after Israel’s military mistakenly shot and killed three of its citizens held...
...Speaking publicly in the week that dozens of captives were released, relatives of some of those freed have evoked the fear their loved ones endured after being forced into Gaza during the Hamas assault in...
...Now the UK industry is lobbying for a light-touch regulatory regime to attract captive insurers. This is a test of the government’s commitment to support financial services....
...These would include children, the elderly, women — including female soldiers — and wounded captives....
Family reunions offer emotional moment for nation gripped by war, but relatives of those still held captive must wait and hope
Captives’ families plan protest march to pressure government as talks with Qatar resume in Europe
...Hamas militants took about 240 people hostage during their October 7 attack on Israel, and bringing the captives home is one of the main aims of Israel’s offensive....
...The speaker was identified as Danielle Aloni, a 44-year-old woman from the town of Yavneh, who sat alongside two other female captives, Rimon Buchshtab Kirsht and Lena Trupanov....
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