Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved rules allowing the government to shut down foreign news television channels that threaten national security, amid the country’s conflict with the radical Palestinian movement Hamas. writes about this Jerusalem Post.
It was noted that the relevant decision was taken because Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karya repeatedly called on the Lebanese television channel Al Mayadeen and Qatar Al Jazeera to stop broadcasting in the country.
According to him, Qatar TV channel provides information support to Hamas and exposes the Israeli army to the risk of attack from Gaza. According to the minister, Al Mayadeen is used by the Lebanese radical organization Hezbollah and can even be considered one of its units operating with the support of Iran.
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region. November 5, as part of the ground operation of IDF forces surrounded Gaza city and supplies cut off, still exists in central Gaza to continue fights.
Hollywood actors before wrote a letter US President Joe Biden called on him to stop the fire in Israel and Gaza.
Source: Gazeta
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