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Montevideo, March 28th 2025 - 20:24 UTC

Tag: Hamas

  • Wednesday, November 29th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

    Four more Argentines freed by Hamas

    Some 15 Argentines are believed to still be in the hands of Hamas or other groups

    The terrorist group Hamas Tuesday released ten women, four of them Argentine nationals, in exchange for another batch of 30 Palestinian inmates held by Israel at the Ofer prison in the West Bank and in the Russian prison in Jerusalem, as the humanitarian truce was extended to allow for further swaps. Two other hostages were also freed as a bonus not contemplated in the agreement.

  • Saturday, November 25th 2023 - 10:25 UTC

    First batch of Israeli hostages released in exchange for Palestinian prison inmates

    Danielle and Emilia have relatives in Argentina but are not citizens of the South American country

    The terrorist organization Hamas Friday handed over 13 hostages of the over 200 taken from Israel in the Oct. 7 attacks. The measure was enacted during a four-day ceasefire which also allowed for the release in return of 39 Palestinians who were serving prison sentences. Further swaps are expected in the coming days.

  • Wednesday, November 15th 2023 - 18:10 UTC

    Roger Waters denied hotel rooms in Buenos Aires, Montevideo for his stance on Middle East issues

    Waters said it was the work of pro-Israel lobbyists

    Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters has been denied room bookings at two Montevideo hotels because of his anti-Israel stance on the ongoing Middle East conflict with the terrorist group Hamas.

  • Friday, November 3rd 2023 - 10:12 UTC

    Argentina asks ICRC to broker release of hostages in Gaza

    Cafiero also stressed the “urgent need for all parties to respect international humanitarian law”

    Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Thursday held a telephone conversation with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger to express the South American country's interest in “the immediate and unconditional” release of the Argentine nationals held hostage in Gaza by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

  • Thursday, November 2nd 2023 - 08:39 UTC

    Divergent positions: Argentina backs Israel, then condemns attacks in Palestine

    Hamas must still release the Argentine hostages, the Foreign Ministry also said.

    Three weeks apart, the Argentine Foreign Ministry issued two communiqués with different positions on the Arab-Israeli conflict. In the first, dated October 7, Argentina clearly supports the position of Israel, which claims its position as the nation under attack and condemns the attacks of the terrorist group Hamas against the Israeli population.

  • Saturday, October 28th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

    UNGA calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

    Meanwhile, on the battlefront, Israel expanded its ground operations in Gaza and intensified the air strikes

    The United Nations General Assembly Friday issued a resolution calling for an “Immediate humanitarian truce” in Gaza. The document is non-binding and Israel has been reported to be upping its military deployments in the region, it was reported. The UN General Assembly resolutions do not go beyond a political gesture.

  • Thursday, October 26th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Hamas has 21 Argentine hostages, Buenos Aires confirms

    Argentina is banking on Massa's close ties with Qatar to broker the release of those held by Hamas

    Argentine authorities confirmed Wednesday that 21 nationals of the South American country were among the hostages held by the pro-Palestine terrorist group Hamas in addition to the 9 fatalities since the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel, it was reported in Buenos Aires. The hostages, whose identities were not released for security reasons, are presumably somewhere in the Gaza Strip, it was also explained.

  • Wednesday, October 25th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

    Lula plays football and criticizes Israel after hip surgery

    “At a negotiating table, no one dies,” Lula said about the ongoing crisis in the Middle East

    President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva “is already back, to score many more goals for Brazil,” said Vice President Geraldo Alckmin Tuesday while posting a picture of the head of state playing football. Lula, 77, underwent hip surgery on Sept. 29 at the Syrian-Lebanese hospital in Brasilia due to a case of osteoarthritis, which was causing him severe pain.

  • Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

    Last Brazilian evacuation flight from Israel lands home

    No further flights are scheduled at this point, Brazilian authorities said

    A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) aircraft touched down in Rio de Janeiro at 4 am Monday after successfully performing the South American country's eighth evacuation flight from war-torn Israel, Agencia Brasil reported. This last batch consisted of 209 people and nine pets.

  • Saturday, October 21st 2023 - 10:57 UTC

    New batch of Argentine evacuees land in Ezeiza

    Aerolíneas Argentinas is making its resources available for an emergency, Ceriani said

    A third Aerolíneas Argentinas flight carrying nationals of the South American country who had been evacuated through the “Safe Return” operation from war-torn Israel via Rome landed at Ezeiza's International Airport, it was reported Friday.