Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have confirmed that Abdallah Aljamal, an Al Jazeera “journalist,” was holding three Israeli hostages in his home in central Gaza.
Israel’s army said it rescued Noa Argamani, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv, in a complex daytime operation in the heart of Nuseirat.
The IDF confirmed that Meir Jan, Kozlov, and Ziv were held in the home of Aljamal, a reporter and a confirmed Hamas terrorist.
“Qatari news network Al Jazeera is stridently denying any link to Gaza-based journalist Abdallah Aljamal, amid unverified rumors that hostage Noa Argamani had been held at his home in central Gaza’s Nuseirat,” the Times of Israel reported.
“According to various rumors, some of which have been picked up by Hebrew-language media with varying levels of credulity, Argamani was held at the home of Dr. Ahmed Aljamal and his son Abdallah. They also claim that Abdallah is an employee of Al-Jazeera.”
Al Jazeera denied the claims that the hostages were held in his home.
“This man is not from Al-Jazeera, and he did not work for Al-Jazeera at all, and he is not listed as working for Al-Jazeera neither now nor in the past,” al-Jazeera Jerusalem bureau chief Omar al-Walid said. “We do not know him, and all the rumors that have been spread are empty of content and not true at all.”
