The IDF reveals additional documents indicating close cooperation between Hamas and Al Jazeera, including advising the Qatari channel not to criticize the Palestinian terror group, concealing incidents of failed rocket launches, and establishing a secure communication line between Hamas and Al Jazeera.
A day after
publicizing documents uncovered in the Gaza Strip that show that six active Al Jazeera reporters are operatives in Palestinian terror groups, the military releases a document from 2022 in which Hamas provides Al Jazeera with instructions on how to cover up a failed Islamic Jihad rocket launch in Jabaliya in which several civilians were killed.
The document instructs Al Jazeera not to use the word “massacre” to describe the incident, to display minimal images, and to make sure Hamas was not criticized in panel discussions.
In another document released by the IDF today, also from 2022, Hamas instructed journalist Tamer Almisshall to support the “resistance” in his coverage of Palestinian Islamic Jihad during a 66-hour battle between Israel and the terror group, dubbed Operation Breaking Dawn.
The document specifically instructed Al Jazeera not to criticize PIJ’s rocket capability or highlight its failed launches.
The military also releases evidence of Hamas’s efforts in 2023 to establish a secure line between the terror group and the channel for classified information and emergencies.