A Gaza journalist who wrote for Al Jazeera was holding three hostages in his house along with his household earlier than he was killed by Israeli commandos throughout a rescue operation on Saturday, in response to the Israeli navy.
Abdallah Aljamal, who additionally labored as a spokesman for the Hamas-run labour ministry, was killed when particular forces troopers stormed his house in central Gaza and rescued hostages Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andri Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 41, the Israeli navy stated.
Aljamal’s loss of life was initially reported by Rami Abdu, the pinnacle of the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, who claimed Israel Protection Forces (IDF) troopers raided the journalist’s house and killed him and several other members of his household.
The IDF acknowledged that Aljamal was preserving the hostages inside his household house, however made no point out of what occurred to his family members.
“That is additional proof that the Hamas terrorist organisation makes use of the civilian inhabitants as a human defend,” the IDF stated in an announcement.
Aljamal had beforehand written a column for Al Jazeera in 2019. The Qatar-based outlet stated Aljamal was by no means an worker.
Earlier than his loss of life, Aljamal was contributing to the Palestine Chronicle information outlet, the place he wrote a plethora of tales masking the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza throughout Israel’s offensive.
A lot of his current tales centered on the continuing IDF operation in Nuseirat, the place his own residence was situated, and the place Israeli intelligence had found out he was holding three of the 4 hostages rescued on Saturday close to a refugee camp.
The Palestine Chronicle is a non-profit organisation primarily based in Washington State that works to supply each day information to Gaza.
The outlet claims that its crew “consists {of professional} journalists and revered writers and authors who don’t communicate on behalf of any political occasion or champion any particular political agenda”.
The organisation confirmed on Sunday that Aljamal was a contributor reporting on the bottom in Gaza, however made no point out that he was holding three hostages.
The outlet didn’t instantly reply to The Submit’s request for remark.
Together with the three males, Israeli forces additionally rescued Noa Argamani, the 26-year-old Israeli lady who grew to become the terrified face of the October 7 terrorist assault on the Jewish state.
Israel touted the rescue as a hit, and estimated that there have been “below 100” casualties because of the raid.
Nevertheless, the Hamas-run ministry of well being alleged that 274 have been killed, together with civilians.
Each Israeli and American officers have blamed the casualties over Hamas’ tactic of holding hostages and munitions in civilian areas.
“The Palestinian individuals are going by way of sheer hell on this battle as a result of Hamas is working in a manner that places them within the crossfire that holds hostages proper within the coronary heart of crowded civilian areas, that places navy emplacements proper within the coronary heart of crowded civilian areas,” US Nationwide Safety Advisor Jake Sullivan stated on CNN Sunday.
Greater than 36,000 folks have been killed because the battle in Gaza started, in response to the Hamas-run ministry of well being, which does differentiate between terrorists and civilians.
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