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“Targeting journalists this fashion all the time goals to erase the reality and stop folks from listening to the reality,” al-Omari mentioned, Al Jazeera reported.
Israel’s Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi posted in regards to the raid on social media, calling Al Jazeera “the mouthpiece of Hamas and Hezbollah.”
“We will proceed to combat enemy channels and make sure the security of our heroic fighters,” Karhi mentioned.
This isn’t the primary time Israel has cracked down on Al Jazeera, one of many solely media shops broadcasting from the Gaza Strip. In May, Israel raided and closed the community’s East Jerusalem workplace, banning the corporate’s web sites and broadcasts within the nation. The preliminary closure order was additionally for 45 days, nevertheless it was renewed, Al Jazeera mentioned.
In April, Israel handed a regulation permitting the state to close down international media shops if it deems them a safety menace — a transfer that was extensively criticized.
