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Noa Argamani, an Israeli woman freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza in June, said on Friday that her injuries were caused by an Israeli air strike during her rescue operation, not by a Hamas attack.

Speaking to diplomats from G7 countries in Tokyo on Wednesday, Argamani detailed her ordeal after she was taken captive by Palestinian armed groups during the 7 October attack. However, two days later, she issued a statement on Instagram, saying that some of her remarks had been misquoted and taken out of context.

Contrary to some Israeli media reports, Argamani clarified that she was not beaten or had her hair shaved by Palestinian fighters.

"[Hamas members] did not hit me while I was in captivity, nor did they cut my hair; I was injured by the collapse of a wall caused by an [Israeli] Air Force pilot," she added.

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[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 113 points 2 months ago

Obviously....

Someone was posting literal propaganda the other day (MBFC legit outright said it was a propaganda source) that said hostages had bullet fragments "in and near" them. Then jumped to the conclusion that Hamas shot them immediately before the raid because they knew IDF was mighty and strong or some shit.

Israel has been showing us for almost a year they dont give a single fuck about the hostages, they were always sacrificial lambs. An excuse to flatten the area they were being held so Israel can then move more rightwing Jewish extremists in.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I wouldn’t rely on MBFC to recognize propaganda. Look at the difference between VOA news and Al Jazera.

Fun fact, they’re both government rags. VOA was legally barred from broadcasting where Americans might hear it because it was propaganda. Al Jazera is operated by Qatar.

In any case, Israel has been full of shit since this began. And Americans have bought that hook line and sinker.

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[-] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 92 points 2 months ago

Clearly, this woman is Hamas. /s

More seriously though, Hamas not mistreating her beyond the initial act of kidnapping makes sense. The entire purpose of taking hostages is to use the threat of harm as leverage. So there's incentive to keep them in relatively good condition, because as soon as anything happens to them that leverage is lost. Of course, people don't always remember that, and the whole thing relies on all parties involved at least pretending to act in good faith.

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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 34 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

oh no she will probably get fired from her job for saying that

[-] Kalysta@lemm.ee 25 points 2 months ago

So how many hostages is this that have said Hamas treated them well, it was Israel that hurt them? Because I can think of at least 2 others.

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[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago

Quote not included in the summary:

"Avinatan, my boyfriend, is still there, and we need to bring them back before it's going to be too late. We don't want to lose more people than we already lost," Argamani said.

Also, a reminder that holding civilians hostage is a war crime.

[-] machineLearner@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

raping civilian hostages is also a crime but israeli society doesnt seem to think so

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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Surely nobody is surprised

[-] Potatofish@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Neat, and then what happened? Nothing.

[-] TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

Clearly the wall that the brave Israeli Air force pilot collapsed was hamas.

[-] gadwylie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Can anyone provide a news link to a reputable source to confirm? Not to say I don’t believe it, just “trust but verify” and I’m unsuccessful in verification

[-] Waveform@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-815947

Despite media reporting that she was beaten by Hamas, Argamani went to social media on Friday to say that her words had been taken out of context. She said she was not beaten and her hair was not cut.

"I said, I had cuts all over my head and I was hurt all over my body." Argamani emphasized that her wounds came from the collapse of a building after it was bombed by the IAF.

"As a victim of October 7, I will not allow myself to be victimized once again by the media," she said.

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