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Kidnapping and killing of Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Israeli-American hostage taken October 7, 2023 from the Nova festival area, held 328 days, killed with five hostages in a Rafah tunnel in August 2024; parents Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin led his release campaign.
Kidnapping and killing of the Bibas family
Kidnapping and killing of the Bibas family: Shiri Bibas and sons Ariel and Kfir, abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, died in Hamas captivity; remains returned February 2025 amid disputed airstrike and murder claims.
Kidnapping of Agam Berger
Kidnapping of Agam Berger: IDF surveillance soldier from Holon abducted by Hamas from the Nahal Oz base on October 7, 2023, held 482 days in Gaza tunnels and apartments, released January 30, 2025 in Jabaliya during the ceasefire's third hostage release.
Kidnapping of Alon Ohel
The kidnapping of Alon Ohel took place on October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led attackers seized the 22-year-old Israeli pianist from a bomb shelter near the Nova music festival.
Kidnapping of Avinatan Or
Avinatan Or, Israeli electronics engineer and Noa Argamani's partner, kidnapped from the Nova festival on October 7, 2023; held 738 days in Gaza tunnels, released October 13, 2025.
Kidnapping of Elliot Eastman
Kidnapping of Elliot Eastman: October 17, 2024 abduction of 26-year-old American YouTuber Elliot Onil Eastman from Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines; shot resisting four gunmen posing as police, presumed dead at sea; mastermind Jackaria Jamani arrested January 2025.
Kidnapping of Emily Damari
Kidnapping of Emily Damari: British-Israeli nursery teacher taken from Kibbutz Kfar Aza on 7 October 2023, held 471 days by Hamas, released 19 January 2025 in the ceasefire's first exchange for 90 Palestinian prisoners.
Kidnapping of Mia Schem
Mia Schem, French-Israeli Nova festival attendee kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October 2023, first live hostage shown in a Hamas video, released 30 November 2023 in the Qatar-brokered truce after French mediation.
Kidnapping of Naama Levy (נעמה לוי)
Naama Levy (נעמה לוי), 19-year-old IDF field observer kidnapped from the Nahal Oz base on October 7, 2023; her bloodied abduction footage circled the globe; held nearly sixteen months, freed January 25, 2025.
Kidnapping of Romi Gonen
Romi Gonen, abducted from the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, and held 471 days in Gaza, released January 19, 2025 with Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher; later testified to sexual assaults in captivity and underwent multiple hand surgeries.
Kidnapping of Shani Louk (שני ניקול לוק)
Kidnapping of Shani Louk (שני ניקול לוק): German-Israeli tattoo artist, 22, seized from the Nova festival on October 7, 2023; her truck video went viral, death confirmed October 30, body recovered May 2024.
Kidnapping of Wang Xing
Kidnapping of Wang Xing (王星), also called the Wang Xing Thailand-Myanmar kidnapping case: the January 2025 abduction of a Chinese actor lured by a fake casting call, trafficked to Myawaddy scam centers, and rescued after a viral Weibo campaign.
Kielce pogrom
The Kielce pogrom (pogrom kielecki) was the July 4, 1946 massacre of Jewish Holocaust survivors by a Polish mob with soldiers and police in Kielce, Poland.
Kiev offensive (1920)
The Kiev offensive was a 1920 Polish-Soviet War campaign in which Polish and Ukrainian forces under Józef Piłsudski captured Kiev before a Soviet counteroffensive drove them out.
Killing Fields
Killing Fields: mass grave execution sites of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime (1975–1979), also the 1984 film about Dith Pran. Choeung Ek near Phnom Penh is the largest identified site; roughly 1.7–2 million died.
Killing of Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim, and Samer Talalka
The December 15, 2023 killing of Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim, and Samer Talalka: three Israeli hostages, taken October 7 from Kfar Aza and Nir Am, shot by IDF troops in Shejaiya, Gaza City, despite waving a white flag; the IDF probe found the deaths could have been prevented.
Killing of Aner Shapira (אנר אליקים שפירא)
Aner Elyakim Shapira (ענר אליקים שפירא), 22, an unarmed Nahal Brigade reconnaissance soldier on leave, was killed on 7 October 2023 in a bomb shelter near the Re'im junction after throwing back grenades thrown by Hamas attackers, saving lives at the Nova festival attack.
Killing of Ayşenur Eygi
Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old Turkish-American ISM volunteer and University of Washington graduate, was shot in the head by Israeli forces on 6 September 2024 at a Beita settlement protest in the West Bank; investigations dispute the IDF's unintentional-fire account.
Killing of Corey Jones
Killing of Corey Jones: fatal 2015 shooting of Black musician Corey Jones, 31, by plainclothes Palm Beach Gardens officer Nouman Raja on an I-95 off-ramp; Raja convicted in 2019, sentenced to 25 years, first Florida on-duty killing conviction in nearly 30 years.
Killing of Corey Ruiz
Killing of Corey Ruiz: fatal July 22, 2026 Madison, Wisconsin police shooting of 38-year-old Corey Durell Ruiz at Willy and Baldwin streets; officer Kiel Baitinger-Peterson identified; OIPM subpoena dispute; no bodycam footage.
Killing of Eric Garner
Eric Garner, 43, died July 17, 2014, on Staten Island after NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo applied a banned chokehold during an arrest for selling untaxed cigarettes. Homicide ruling, no indictment, $5.9M settlement, 2019 firing.
Killing of health workers in the Gaza war
Killing of health workers in the Gaza war: deaths of Gaza medical personnel since 7 October 2023; Palestinian MoH reported at least 1,581 killed by July 2025, WHO over 1,700 killed amid 920 attacks by September 2026, about 3.5% of the pre-war health workforce.
Killing of Hind Rajab (هند رامي إياد رجب)
The Killing of Hind Rajab (هند رامي إياد رجب) was the death of a young Palestinian girl in Gaza City on January 29, 2024. Israeli forces later admitted to firing on her family.
Killing of Iryna Zarutska
Killing of Iryna Zarutska: fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee on Charlotte's Lynx Blue Line light rail on August 22, 2025; Decarlos Brown Jr. charged in state and federal court; case became a national political controversy over crime policy and media coverage.
Killing of Kumanjayi Little Baby
Kumanjayi Little Baby, a five-year-old Warlpiri girl allegedly murdered in Alice Springs in April 2026; body found after five-day search; suspect Jefferson Lewis arrested after mob beating, riots and national vigils followed.
Killing of Michael Brown
Killing of Michael Brown: fatal shooting of unarmed Black 18-year-old Michael Brown by Ferguson, Missouri officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014; grand jury and DOJ declined charges, but DOJ found unconstitutional policing in Ferguson.
Killing of Mohammad Bhar (محمد بهر)
The killing of Mohammad Bhar (محمد بهر) occurred in July 2024, when an Israeli military dog mauled the Palestinian man, who had Down syndrome, in Gaza City.
Killing of Muammar Gaddafi
Killing of Muammar Gaddafi: the 20 October 2011 death of Libya's 42-year ruler in Sirte, captured by Misrata fighters after a NATO-struck convoy breakout, with his son Mutassim killed the same day.
Killing of Muhammad al-Durrah
The killing of Muhammad al-Durrah, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy filmed with his father Jamal in Gaza on September 30, 2000 by France 2 cameraman Talal Abu Rahma; an icon of the Second Intifada, disputed as staged by Israel, litigated in French courts.
Killing of Nahel Merzouk
Killing of Nahel Merzouk: the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old at a Nanterre traffic stop on 27 June 2023, which triggered nationwide French riots, disciplinary findings by the Defender of Rights, and a murder trial later reclassified as aggravated assault.