Palestinian journalist Abdallah Aljamal, who held Israeli hostages for Hamas in his home in Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, wrote for an outlet that has ties to the Iranian regime, the Washington Free Beacon reported Monday.
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Abdallah Aljamal held Almog Meir Jan, Shlomi Ziv and Andrey Kozlov for months
(Photo: Ichilov Hospital, IDF Spokesperson's Unit, REUTERS, Marko Djurica, Reuters)
According to the report, Aljamal wrote for a little-known U.S.-based website called the Palestine Chronicle, which is registered as a nonprofit in Washington State, and "even filed dispatches during the time he is alleged to have housed the Israeli captives."
The IDF confirmed Sunday that Aljamal, a Hamas affiliate and Al Jazeera contributor, held captives Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kuzlov and Shlomi Ziv, who were rescued from Gaza in a daring operation.
The report highlighted limited information about the Palestine Chronicle's financial situation. The site's founder and editor-in-chief Ramzy Baroud, who the report claims "formerly served as an editor and executive for Al Jazeera" defended Hamas' October 7 massacre in an article for Kayhan International, an "outlet funded by Iran's supreme leader." In 2022, Baroud published another article in Kayhan International claiming Israeli leaders "exaggerate and manipulate facts to instill fear and rile up their political camps."
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor Chairman Rami Abdu claimed the IDF "executed" Aljamal and his family during the operation. "In an initial testimony documenting the killings committed by the Israeli army in the Nuseirat camp today, the EuroMedHR reported that the Israeli army used a ladder to enter the home of Dr. Ahmed Al Jamal. The army immediately executed 36-year-old Fatima Al Jamal upon encountering her on the staircase," he wrote on X.
"The forces then stormed the house and executed her husband, journalist Abdullah Al-Jamal, 36, and his father, Dr. Ahmed, 74, in front of his grandchildren. The army also shot their daughter, Zainab, 27, who sustained serious injuries."
Hamas' media office confirmed Aljamal's death, describing him as "an editor and journalist." His Facebook page indicated he also served as spokesperson for the Hamas Labor Ministry and supported Hamas publicly.
Al Jazeera denied any connection to Aljamal despite his profile featuring on the Qatari-funded outlet's website. Omar al-Walid, head of the Jerusalem bureau, said, "This man is not from Al Jazeera, and he did not work for Al Jazeera at all, and he is not listed as working for Al Jazeera neither now nor in the past. We do not know him, and all the rumors that have been spread are empty of content and not true at all."