Noa Argamani, an Israeli woman who was freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza in June, has revealed something surprising. On Friday, she said her injuries weren’t caused by Hamas fighters but by an Israeli air strike that happened during her rescue.

Argamani was taken by Palestinian armed groups during the attack on October 7th. She shared her story with diplomats from the G7 countries in Tokyo on Wednesday, explaining what happened. But just two days later, she had to clear up a big misunderstanding on Instagram.

According to Argamani, some Israeli media reports twisted her words. They claimed she had been beaten or had her hair shaved by Hamas fighters, but she denied this. Instead, she said that her injuries came from a wall collapsing due to an Israeli air strike.

“I was hurt by the collapse of a wall from an [Israeli] air strike, not by Hamas,” Argamani wrote. She emphasized that she didn’t want to be victimized again by misleading media stories.

Argamani, who is 26, ...