According to Amos Harel and Chaim Levinson , the kidnappers planned to wait a few days , then contact senior Hamas operatives in the Hebron area , to manage Control the hostage and negotiate a prisoner swap with Israel .

Dozens of passengers were held Defending hostage Kidnapping over the next two weeks until released Releasing by their captors after some of their demands Request were met Come_together .

The Iran hostage crisis Hostile_encounter was a diplomatic standoff Hostile_encounter between the United States and Iran .

fifty-two american diplomats and citizens were held Defending hostage for 444 days from november 4 , 1979 , to january 20 , 1981 , after a group of iranian college students belonging to the muslim student followers of the imam 's line , who supported Supporting the iranian revolution Change_of_leadership , took over Conquering the u.s. embassy in tehran .

The members of the coalition claimed Statement that Dong had the intention of usurping Change_of_leadership the throne by holding Defending Emperor Xian hostage and by establishing Creating a strong influence in the imperial court .

handwritten notes taken Conquering by defense secretary caspar weinberger on 7 december 1985 indicate that reagan was aware of potential hostage transfers with iran , as well as the sale of hawk and tow missiles to `` moderate elements '' within that country .

They also fired Use_firearm on civilians , held Arrest many of their officers and their families hostage , vandalised Destroying property and looted Robbery valuables .

The Beslan school siege Besieging ( also referred to as the Beslan school hostage crisis Catastrophe or Beslan massacre Killing ) started Process_start on 1 September 2004 , lasted Process_end three days , involved Cause_to_be_included the illegal Legality imprisonment Prison of over 1,100 people as hostages ( including 777 children ) , and ended Process_end with the deaths Death of at least 334 people .

The gunmen , members of Arabs of KSA group campaigning Social_event for Arab national sovereignty in the southern Iranian region of Khuzestan Province , took Conquering 26 people hostage Kidnapping , mostly embassy staff , but also several visitors , as well as a police officer who had been guarding Patrolling the embassy .

The hostage-takers and their cause Causation were largely forgotten GiveUp after the Iran–Iraq War broke out later that year and the hostage crisis in Tehran continued until January 1981 .

The plan Arranging was to seize Conquering a luxury hotel in Tel Aviv and take tourists and foreign ambassadors hostage in order to exchange Exchange them for Palestinian prisoners held Arrest by Israel .

The In Amenas hostage Kidnapping crisis began Process_start on 16 January 2013 , when al-Qaeda-linked terrorists affiliated Connect with a brigade led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar took Conquering expat hostages at the Tigantourine gas facility near In Amenas , Algeria .

The other hostage was in a hospital and was later killed Killing .

As tensions in the city increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale , the insurgents began Process_start to take Bringing journalists and others captive , instigating a hostage crisis .

The hostage crisis lasted Process_end for seven days and ended Process_end after India agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to release Releasing three militants – Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar , Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh , and Mulana Masood Azhar .

The Bus 300 affair Criminal_investigation ( ) , also known as Kav 300 affair Criminal_investigation , was a 1984 incident in which Shin Bet members executed Action two Palestinian bus hijackers , immediately after the hostage crisis incident ended Process_end and they had been captured Conquering .

Santa Anna was taken Creating hostage ; in exchange Exchange for his life , he ordered Arranging the Mexican army to retreat Escaping south of the Rio Grande .

From there , they headed Self_motion for the Netiv Meir Elementary School , where they took Conquering more than 115 people ( including 105 children ) hostage on 15 May 1974 , in Ma'alot .

The Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis Catastrophe occurred Presence on Friday , May 16 , 1986 , in Cokeville , Wyoming , United States , when former town marshal David Young , 43 , and his wife Doris Young , 47 , took Conquering 136 children and 18 adults hostage at Cokeville Elementary School .

The Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis Catastrophe occurred Presence on Friday , May 16 , 1986 , in Cokeville , Wyoming , United States , when former town marshal David Young , 43 , and his wife Doris Young , 47 , took Conquering 136 children and 18 adults hostage at Cokeville Elementary School .

operation eagle claw , known as operation tabas ( ) in iran , was a united states armed forces operation ordered by u.s. president jimmy carter to attempt to end Process_end the iran hostage crisis by rescuing Rescuing 52 embassy staff held Defending captive at the embassy of the united states , tehran on 24 april 1980 .

The Moscow theater hostage crisis ( also known as the 2002 Nord-Ost siege ) was the seizure of a crowded Dubrovka Theater by 40 to 50 armed Chechens on 23 October 2002 that involved Cause_to_be_included 850 hostages and ended Process_end with the death Death of at least 170 people .

The 2014 Sydney hostage crisis Confronting_problem , also known as the Sydney siege Besieging and Lindt Cafe siege Besieging , occurred Coming_to_be on 15–16 December 2014 when a lone gunman , Man Haron Monis , held Hold hostage ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt chocolate café in the APA Building in Martin Place in Sydney , Australia .

The 2014 Sydney hostage crisis Confronting_problem , also known as the Sydney siege Besieging and Lindt Cafe siege Besieging , occurred Coming_to_be on 15–16 December 2014 when a lone gunman , Man Haron Monis , held Hold hostage ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt chocolate café in the APA Building in Martin Place in Sydney , Australia .

Hostage Tori Johnson was killed Killing by Monis and hostage Katrina Dawson was killed Killing by a police bullet ricochet in the subsequent raid Attack .

A guard was taken Conquering hostage during the melee , and mattresses were set on fire Damaging .

The Mapenduma hostage crisis began Process_start on 8 January 1996 after the Free Papua Movement ( ( OPM ) ) took Conquering 26 members of a World Wildlife Fund research Research mission captive at Mapenduma , Jayawijaya in Irian Jaya ( now Papua Province ) , Indonesia .

The ICRC removed Removing itself from the negotiations and stated Statement that the Indonesian Army was no longer bound by an agreement not to engage Participation in combat Hostile_encounter with the hostage takers .

Belgian resistance and German fear Change_sentiment of francs-tireurs , led Bringing the Germans to implement Action a policy of terror Terrorism ( ) against Belgian civilians soon after the invasion Military_operation , in which massacres Killing , executions Rewards_and_punishments , hostage Kidnapping taking and the burning Bodily_harm of towns and villages took place Process_start and became Becoming known as the Rape of Belgium .

The was a hostage crisis Catastrophe and police siege Besieging in a mountain lodge near Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture , Japan that lasted from February 19 to February 28 , 1972 .

the incident Catastrophe began Process_start when five armed members of the united red army ( ura ) , following a bloody purge Killing that left 14 members of the group plus one bystander dead Death , broke Bodily_harm into a holiday lodge below mount asama , taking Conquering the wife of the unk as a hostage .

Two police officers were killed Killing in the assault Attack , the hostage was rescued Rescuing and the URA radicals were taken Bringing into custody .

The gunmen took over Conquering 700 students hostage , freeing Releasing Muslims and killing Killing those who identified Check as Christians .