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American pastor Josh Sullivan, 45, allegedly abducted, April 2025.

Three killed in shoot-out as South African police rescue abducted American pastor

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

American pastor Josh Sullivan, 45, allegedly abducted, April 2025.

American pastor kidnapped by armed men in South Africa in front of congregation

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Nigerian soldiers are seen during a patrol at the Banki IDP camp in Borno, Nigeria April 26, 2017.

Israeli held hostage for ransom in northeastern Nigeria, freed by local forces

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An officer stands guard at Crosby High School, in Waterbury, Connecticut, US, April 23, 2016.

Connecticut man escapes 20 years in captivity with only paper, hand sanitizer, and a lighter

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Odai al-Rabei's picture seen in the foreground of anti-Hamas protests in Gaza, March 26, 2025

Palestinian dissident abducted, tortured, and killed by Hamas in Gaza

Christopher Rosa

Suspect arrested for attempted kidnapping of 8-year-old Jewish child in Connecticut

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Robert Levinson

US sanctions three Iranian spies over role in FBI agent's 2007 disappearance

By Mathilda Heller

25 March - Rally at Knesset for missing child Haymanot Kasau, family calls to classify her as kidnapped

Rally at Knesset for missing child Haymanot Kasau, family calls to classify her as kidnapped

Faiz Shah, 23, Mohammad Comrie, 23, and Elijah Ogunnubi-Sime, 20,

Trio that kidnapped, assaulted Jewish music producer in Wales given jail time

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau. The police released the image on February 26, 2024.

Kasau's disappearance cannot be forgotten, must be viewed as a kidnapping

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, rally to show support to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Sanaa, Yemen December 6, 2024.

UN pauses some Yemen operations over Houthi detention of staff

By REUTERS

Returned Ukrainian children in Truskavets

Stolen lives: Inside Russia’s abduction of Ukrainian children

By VERONICA NEIFAKH/THE MEDIA LINE

A Lev Tahor members demands the release of members of the community after prosecutors say Guatemalan authorities rescued several children and teenagers from the Jewish community following allegations of child abuse, in Guatemala City, Guatemala, December 21, 2024.

Relative of rescued Lev Tahor member discusses group's psychological abuse

By Maya Cohen , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli soldiers stand while stationed outside a Palestinian shop in Huwara, Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 26, 2022.

Police, soldiers among nine arrested for kidnapping, assaulting Palestinian

By EFRAT FORSHER

Activist Gazelle Sharmahd.

Iranian-American activist Gazelle Sharmahd speaks out on her dissident father’s kidnapping

Chabad emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan.

Chabad emissary to UAE Zvi Kogan murdered in 'antisemitic terrorist attack'

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD , Maya Gur Arieh

Screenshot of CCTV footage posted by Shomrim CH showing attempted kidnapping, 9/11/2024

Man arrested for attempted kidnapping of Jewish boy was family's neighbour

By Mathilda Heller

Screenshot of CCTV footage posted by Shomrim CH showing attempted kidnapping, 9/11/2024

Masked man attempts to kidnap Orthodox Jewish boy in Crown Heights

By Mathilda Heller