Gaza Journalist Held Israeli Hostages in Home, IDF Says
11th June 2024
A journalist in Gaza who contributed to Al Jazeera held Israeli hostages in his family home, the Israel Defense Forces said Sunday after a special forces operation rescued four hostages in central Gaza.
The journalist, Abdallah Aljamal, was killed in the IDF operation on Saturday, which freed three hostages in his home. In a post on X, the IDF said Aljamal was “a Hamas terrorist holding Almog [Meir Jan], Andrey [Kozlov],and Shlomi [Ziv] hostage in his family’s home in Nuseirat. No press vest can make him innocent of the crimes he has committed.” The post went on to ask Al Jazeera why Aljamal has an author page on the news organization’s website.
Al Jazeera on Sunday said Aljamal “never worked with the network” but acknowledged that he had contributed to a 2019 op-ed on the site. “These allegations are completely unfounded,” Al Jazeera’s press office said.