Hostages Andrey Kozlov and Almog Meir, freed from captivity in the home of a Palestinian journalist. (Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
The IDF announced today (Sunday) that Abdullah Al Jamal, a journalist with the Palestine Chronicle and occasional al-Jazeera contributor, held three of the four hostages recently freed by the IDF in his home, based on a joint IDF-ISA investigation.
The IDF further stated that Al Jamal was a Hamas member and that he held the three hostages - Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv - at his home where his family resided.
Previous reports mistakenly claimed that he held Noa Argamani in his home, reports we now know to be incorrect, per the IDF.