Noa Argamani was held captive in journalist’s home – report

June 9, 2024

Yesterday, IDF soldiers raided two apartments where the hostages were held captive. One apartment held Argamani, and another had the other three hostages, Meir, Kozlov, and Ziv.

The IDF has now confirmed that three freed Israeli hostages, Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv, were held captive in the family home of Gazan “civilians,” a report said on Sunday.

Rami Abdul, the chairman of the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, said that the organization’s initial evidence showed the Israeli special forces used a ladder to enter the home of Dr. Ahmed Al-Jamal and his family.

Several of the family members were killed during the operation including 36-year-old journalist Abdullah Al-Jamal.

According to the Quds news agency, Al-Jamal was also identified as a staff writer for the U.S. outlet The Palestine Chronicle and was a contributor to Al Jezeera. The IDF found evidence of his contribution to Al Jazeera as well. Al-Jamal’s wife was also killed during the rescue mission.

The operation, during which the three other hostages were also rescued from a separate location, has drawn condemnation for the high alleged death toll on the Palestinian side. However, these criticisms fail to address the responsibility of holding captives in populated areas deep inside Gaza’s residential areas.

Now, the room where Noa Argamani was allegedly held and rescued from has been revealed.

… the 26-year-old was held in what appears to be a family’s home. An image of the room where Argamani was allegedly kept revealed that she may have had access to a single bed. The bed, situated near a window, was outfitted with a patchwork quilt, pillow and what two stuffed animals, suggesting that it may have once been a child’s bedroom. What appeared to be a rucksack and possibly art supplies were stored inside a built-in wardrobe in the room.

The raid on the first apartment, where Argamani was held, “went smoothly,” according to security officials, saying, “The security guards were killed quickly.”

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor also failed to address why so-called “civilians” were in custody of Argamani, an Israeli hostage who was kidnapped along with her boyfriend during the Nova music festival on October 7. Hamas allegedly paid civilian families to hold Israeli hostages.