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Published 24 Aug, 2024 07:13pm

Former Israeli hostage denies reports of being beaten, having her hair cut by Hamas during Gaza detention

A former Israeli captive in Gaza has denied reports suggesting that she had been beaten and had her hair cut while in detention by Hamas.

In an Instagram post on Friday, Noa Argamani said: “I can’t ignore what has been going on in the media here in the last 24 hours, things are out of context.”

“They (Palestinians) didn’t beat me and didn’t cut my hair. I was in a building [in Gaza] that was blown up by the [Israeli] Air Force,” she stressed.

She said her actual words were as follows: “This weekend, after the shooting, as I said, I had cuts all over my head, and hit my whole body.”

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