The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Wednesday that recovered documents show that six supposed journalists for Al Jazeera have been actively working with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
The IDF says that due to intelligence recovered from the Gaza Strip during military operations, they can reveal that Anas Al-Sharif, Alaa Salama, Hossam Shabat, Ashraf Saraj, Ismail Abu Amr, and Talal Aruki are all affiliated with the military wings of either Hamas or PIJ.
Ismail Abu Amr was injured several months ago in Gaza by an IDF attack; during that period, Al Jazeera denied his membership in Hamas. Documents recovered by the IDF showed this was untrue.
Al Jazeera, Arabic for “peninsula,” is funded in part by the government of Qatar and is headquartered in Doha. The outlet broadcasts in English and Arabic in over 150 countries and reportedly reaches over 430 million people…
