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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Jul 19, 2024, 03:14 PM Jul 2024

'He was a pious man': The Gaza neighborhood shocked to find Israeli hostages in their midst

The Aljamal family was widely respected in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp. They were known as pious and prominent members of the community. While people knew they had connections to Hamas, neighbors say no one could have guessed how deep those links truly went.

When Israeli forces stormed the Aljamals’ building on June 8 they found Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov and Shlomi Ziv, hostages who had been captured from the Nova music festival on October 7, cowering in a darkened room.

The experience of the three men – alongside that of Noa Argamani who was held in another house nearby, belonging to the Abu Nar family – echoes testimony from previously released hostages. They describe being confined among the civilian population, rather than in Hamas’ vast tunnel network under Gaza.

In the aftermath of last month’s rescue, neighbors in Nuseirat, a refugee camp in central Gaza, told CNN they were shocked to learn that Ahmed Aljamal, a physician, and his family had kept hostages in their midst.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/pious-man-gaza-neighborhood-shocked-111141983.html

Another asshole using God to justify cruelty. No wonder I'm an atheist.

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'He was a pious man': The Gaza neighborhood shocked to find Israeli hostages in their midst (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2024 OP
Hamas has a great deal of control in Gaza LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2024 #1
...and lots of support from "civilians." Lucky Luciano Jul 2024 #2
It's Usually Pious Men Are The Problem The Magistrate Jul 2024 #3
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