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The 222 captives in the Gaza Strip include citizens of eight or nine countries in addition to Israel.
Editors said the newspaper “relied too heavily on claims by Hamas, and did not make clear that those claims could not immediately be verified.”
The broadcaster will instead refer to the Palestinian rulers of Gaza as a terrorist group proscribed by the U.K. government.
“Not only the military and political arm, but also the sheikhs and religious judges of Hamas must die,” Zvi Sukkot wrote on X
The Galillee medical center “refuses to cooperate with media outlets that refuse to see Hamas as a terrorist organization.”
“Israel is at war. ... We will in no way allow broadcasts that harm the security of the state,” said Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi.
What else do they need to see this is a terror organization? the Israeli president asks visiting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The U.S. president “proved to be a true friend of Israel who stands by its side as it faces its most difficult challenges since the establishment of the state,” said Ramat Gan Mayor Carmel Shama.
Iran’s foreign minister called “for an immediate and complete embargo by Islamic countries, including oil sanctions.”
Social media posts from the broadcaster’s writers mock a kidnapped Israeli grandmother and support Hamas terrorism.
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and the National Security Council also supported closing the channel.
“Do not blink in the closure, do not blink in the blockade. Bringing water into the Gaza Strip was the first blink in Israel’s policy,” says Yossi Cohen.
