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Israel accuses 6 Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza of being Palestinian militants
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli army on Wednesday accused six Al Jazeera journalists covering the war in Gaza of also being current or former paid fighters for Palestinian militant groups. Al Jazeera rejected the claims.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli army on Wednesday accused six Al Jazeera journalists covering the war in Gaza of also being current or former paid fighters for Palestinian militant groups. Al Jazeera rejected the claims.
Israel's military said it uncovered documents that it says proves six journalists with the Middle East-based news source Al Jazeera are operatives with Hamas and other Palestinian-linked terror squads.
The Israeli military says it has definitive proof that at least six Al Jazeera journalists – Anas al-Sharif, Alaa Salama, Hossam Shabat, Ashraf al-Saraj, Ismail Abu Omar, and Talal Aruki – are operatives for Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror groups.
Some of the exposed Al Jazeera staffers are senior operatives in Hamas's terrorist Nukhba Force and Nuseirat Battalion which spearheaded the October 7 massacre, media reports confirm.
After Israel shut down Al Jazeera's office in Israel earlier this year, the IDF has released a document that claims six reporters for the organization are members of two terror organizations.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli army on Wednesday accused six Al Jazeera journalists covering the war in Gaza of also being current or former paid
