The flintlock pistol that Torres is given by the Yautja to fight his fellow prisoners is known by Predator fans as the Raphael Adolini 1715 pistol for an engraved plate that says just that.
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Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
This is not a story that labors to earn its prisoners their humanity.
This year marks the 250th anniversary of that capture—as well as the 175th anniversary of Fort Ticonderoga as a historic site—with events like Real Time Revolution®.
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Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 June 2025
The capture of the fugitive came after authorities focused their search in the rugged, remote terrain surrounding the prison grounds.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2025
Israel has vowed to continue the war until all the captives are returned and Hamas is defeated, or disarmed and exiled.
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Yesica Fisch,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
The Mujahideen Brigades took part in the October 7 attacks alongside Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups and took hostage some of the most high-profile captives, including a family whose suffering became a symbol of the attack.
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