Al Jazeera, Qatar based news outlet is again in the headlines as this time Israel said six journalists working for the Al Jazeera are members of terror group Hamas and the Palestine Islamic Jihad. As per Israeli Defence Force, the intelligence it collected and the several documents found in Gaza confirmed that these journalists have military affiliation with the terror groups.
The IDF said that the information it has include the list of terrorist training courses, phone directories and salary documents for terrorists. Taking to X, the IDF said, ‘These documents serve as proof of the integration of Hamas terrorists within the Qatari Al Jazeera media network’.
The IDF also said, ‘The IDF has disclosed intelligence information and numerous documents found in Gaza confirming military affiliation of six Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza with Hamas and the Islamic Jihad terrorists organizations, including personnel tables, lists of terrorist training courses, phone directories, and salary documents for terrorists’.
It further said that most of the journalists that the IDF has exposed as operatives in Hamas military wing spearheaded the propaganda for Hamas at Al Jazeera especially in northern Gaza. The six journalists have been identified as Anas Jamal Mahmoud Al-Sharif, Alaa Abdul Aziz Muhammad Salama, Hossam Basel Abdul Karim Shabat, Ashraf Sami Ahsour Saraj, Ismail Farid Muhammad Salama, Hossam Basel Abdul Karim Shabat, Ashraf Sami Ahsour Saraj, Ismail Farid Muhammad Abu Amr, and Talal Mahmoud Abdul Rahman Aruki.
The IDF noted that Ismail Abu Air was injured in an Israeli operation in Gaza on February this year. In May 2024, Israel had ordered shutting down of operations of Al Jazeera channel in Israel over its pro-Hamas coverage and propaganda.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a tweet, “Al Jazeera’s journalists have harmed Israeli security and incited against IDF soldiers. The time has come to eject Hamas’s mouthpiece from our country. The government headed by me unanimously decided: the incitement channel Al Jazeera will be closed in Israel”.
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