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Lawsuit: Hamas captors showed hostage report about Columbia protesters, called them ‘our own people’
[IsraelTimes] Hamas captors holding Israeli hostage Shlomi Ziv showed him news about protesters at Columbia University, according to a new legal filing.While playing the news report for Ziv, his captors said, “You see, we have our own people everywhere,” the lawsuit says. “They then told him that Hamas has an ‘army’ operating out of Gaza that focuses specifically on media and sending Hamas propaganda and messaging throughout America and all around the world,” the lawsuit says. The legal filing is an amended complaint filed yesterday in the federal Southern District court of New York. The new details about Ziv’s captivity add to his testimony in a separate lawsuit. In that case, Ziv said his captors told him they were collaborating with campus protesters. The lawsuit identified Ziv’s captor as Abdallah Aljamal, a writer for the Palestine Chronicle, a news outlet run by the People Media Project, a US-based, tax-exempt nonprofit. A federal judge has ruled in favor of the plaintiffs in that case earlier this month, saying there was reason to believe the nonprofit knew Aljamal was holding Israelis captive and affiliated with Hamas. Ziv was rescued from Gaza in an IDF operation in June 2024. Related: Shlomi Ziv 05/09/2025 US judge says there’s reason to believe US-based media nonprofit aided Hamas Shlomi Ziv 02/26/2025 Released hostage says Ben Gvir’s comments worsened conditions in captivity Shlomi Ziv 02/22/2025 Gaza captor told hostages that Hamas collaborates with US campus protesters, lawsuit alleges Related: Columbia University: 2025-05-27 Jailed Columbia Student Khalil Meets Newborn Son for First Time Columbia University: 2025-05-25 Universities of hate round-up: week of 5/18 Columbia University: 2025-05-22 Columbia U president backs international students amid protests at commencement Related: Abdallah Aljamal 05/09/2025 US judge says there’s reason to believe US-based media nonprofit aided Hamas Abdallah Aljamal 02/22/2025 Gaza captor told hostages that Hamas collaborates with US campus protesters, lawsuit alleges Abdallah Aljamal 02/04/2025 US judge dismisses rescued hostage’s lawsuit against company that employed his captor Posted by: trailing wife 2025-05-31 |
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