Rescued Hostage Sues US Nonprofit that Employed His Captor

An Israeli hostage who was kidnapped on October 7 and rescued in an IDF raid in Gaza eight months later is suing an American non-profit organization that employed the man who held him captive, American media reported on Thursday, July 11.

Almog Meir Jan, who was one of four hostages rescued during Operation Arnon one month ago, filed a lawsuit this week against the People Media Project, which employed Abdullah Aljamal as a war correspondent on its news site.

Aljamal, who wrote for the site since 2019, held Almog and two other Israeli captives in his apartment after they had been kidnapped from the Nova music festival during the massacre of October 7.

Aljamal was killed during the raid in which the hostages he held were rescued. The lawsuit states, “It is indisputable that defendants provided Hamas operative Aljamal, whose connections to Hamas were publicly known, with a US-based and taxpayer-subsidized platform to publish Hamas propaganda and to pass the material off as independent journalism.”

It further states, “Moreover, the compensation defendants paid Hamas operative Aljamal for his propaganda directly enabled him to imprison the plaintiff in his home.” (INN / VFI News)

“God, we thank You for enabling the rescue of some of our hostages. We pray in Yeshua’s name for the return of all the remaining hostages and we ask that You take away their pain and sorrows, and heal them. We also pray that whoever operates a media outlet ensures the information broadcasted is independently collected and does not support violence or terrorism.”