IDF confirms Abdallah Aljamal, Hamas terrorist and news contributor, was holding 3 hostages in his home in Nuseirat alongside his family

The Israeli military says it has confirmed that Abdallah Aljamal, a Hamas terrorist, was holding hostages Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov and Shlomi Ziv in central Gaza’s Nuseirat.

According to the IDF, the three hostages were held by Aljamal alongside his family. They were rescued yesterday by special forces.

“This is further proof that the Hamas terrorist organization uses the civilian population as a human shield,” the military says.

Earlier today, rumors circulated regarding Abdallah Aljamal following a post by Ramy Abdu, head of the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, who said that soldiers climbed into the Aljamals’ home during the raid and killed several members of the family, including Abdallah and his father, Dr. Ahmed Aljamal.

Abdallah was previously a spokesman for the Hamas-run labor ministry in Gaza and has contributed to several news outlets in the past. He wrote one column for Al Jazeera in 2019, prompting rumors that he was a Gazan correspondent for the Qatari news outlet who had been detaining a hostage in his home — an unsubstantiated claim that the network stridently denied on Sunday. He has written for other news outlets since then.

Yamam officer Ch. Insp. Arnon Zmora was fatally wounded by Hamas terrorists’ gunfire during the raid on Aljamal’s home.

Source » timesofisrael.com