An Israeli woman kidnapped by Hamas militants on October 7 and held hostage for 245 days before being rescued lashed out on Friday at Israeli media outlets that twisted her words to make it seem as if she was wounded by her captors when in reality she was injured in an attack by the military in which she once served.

Responding to reports in outlets including The Jerusalem Post—which on Thursday ran the headline “Hamas Beat Me All Over”—Noa Argamani said on Instagram that “I can’t ignore what happened in the media in the last 24 hours.”

“Things were taken out of context,” the 26-year-old navy veteran from Be’er Sheva said of her earlier comments to Group of Seven diplomats in Tokyo. “I was not beaten… I was in a building that was bombed by the Air Force.”

“I emphasize that I was not beaten, but injured all over my body by the collapse of a building on me,” Argamani added. “As a victim of October 7, I refuse to be victimized once again by the media.”

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    4 months ago

    Israel has rescued, what, 8 out of 245 and killed the rest? Can’t wait for the “Mission Accomplished” photo-op of Likud party with the ICC waiting with handcuffs behind the banner

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      with the ICC waiting with handcuffs behind the banner

      This implies other countries wouldn’t sooner dismantle the ICC than let it actually do its job, which sadly seems to not be the case.

      (edit: typo)