Noa Argamani, a 26-year-old former Israeli captive that was brought back to Israel in June, has issued a statement via Instagram on Friday to correct the media after they misquoted her testimony at a G7 meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Various media channels, particularly those in Israel, had reported that Argamani had said that her hair was cut by her captors and that she was beaten or hit all over her body. In the statement, Argamani clarifies that she said that she had “cuts” all over her head and that she was “hurting” all over her body. She further stressed that her hair had not been cut, that she was not beaten and that her injuries came from a building collapsing on her after it was bombed by the Israeli Air Force.

Noa Argamani was taken captive alongside her boyfriend at the Nova music festival on 7 October. A viral video of her being taken out of Israel on the back of a motorcycle was widely circulated in the media. She was rescued in June alongside three other Israeli captives during an operation that killed at least 274 Palestinians.

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