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Kept on Wikipedia:Gaza Now

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Gaza Now News Network
Arabic: غزة الآن‎
File:Logo of Gaza now.jpeg
Formation2006
FounderMustafa Ayyash[1]
TypeNews agency
HeadquartersGaza City, Gaza, Palestine
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsWire service, News, Photos, Video
Official language
Arabic, English
Parent organization
Hamas
Websitegazaalan.net

Gaza Now News Network is a Hamas-affiliated[2][3][4] Palestinian news agency that operates in Gaza. It is the biggest news agency established in Gaza. The agency becomes popular during 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[5] It is considered one of the most important Palestinian news agency operating in the Gaza Strip. This agency was established in 2006 and since then it has been striving to provide diverse content that meets the needs and interests of the Palestinian public in the Gaza Strip and outside it.[6] The Telegram channel of the agency had 350,000 followers when the war broke out, now has nearly 2 million subscribers. It often reposts Hamas posts.

Television

The Gaza Now television channel was established in 2006 and is broadcast on Nilesat. It provides entertainment and news regarding Gaza.[6] The satellite channel broadcast the events of 2023 Israel–Hamas war throughout the day without stopping. The channel broadcasts daily events taking place throughout the State of Palestine with a variety of news, political, cultural and sports programs.[7][8][9]

Facebook

On 24 May 2017, Gaza Now livestreamed on Facebook an execution in Gaza City by Hamas of three Palestinians who Hamas accused as helping Israel find Hamas military commander Mazen Faqha. The Hamas interior ministry warned against publishing any footage or photos from the execution. Gaza Now responded by saying that they hadn't received any decision from the Interior Ministry or from the Media Office in Gaza to prevent the filming of the execution. Human Rights Watch condemned the executions.[10]

Activists accused Facebook in 2021 of adding a "discouraging" pop-up when Gaza Now's page was viewed, leading to accusations of bias.[11]

Telegram

The telegram channel of Gaza Now was hacked on 9 December 2022. The hackers deleted all contents from the channel. Palestinians on social media blamed Israeli hackers on the incident.[12]

On 13 October 2023, six days into the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Gaza Now quietly made the decision to disable emoji reactions and retroactively remove them from all previous posts. The motive behind this remains unclear.[13]

In late October, Telegram "quietly restricted access" to Gaza Now's Telegram channel as part of a move against several Hamas-affiliated channels. The channel was not accessible Google Play or Apple’s App Store. The channel was still accessible from the online version of Telegram and the version of the app downloaded directly from Telegram’s website.[2][14][15] Before that, Gaza Now announced that, unlike other social media platforms, Telegram refused to take down Palestinian channels disseminating content related to the ongoing conflict.[13]

The Gaza Now channel on Telegram was one of several affiliated with Hamas that rapidly grew in users during the 2023 Israel-Hamas war, according to research by the Digital Forensic Lab at the Atlantic Council. Before the war, the channel had 344,000 users. By early November, it had 1.9 million subscribers. Its average views per post increased ten-fold to 432,000 during the same time period. Critics had called on Telegram to remove Hamas accounts, arguing that the platform was amplifying terrorist propaganda.[4][3]

Israeli attack

Family members of Mustafa Ayyash, the founder and director of Gaza Now, as well as Gaza Now's photojournalist Mohammad Moin Ayyash, were killed in an Israeli airstrikes on 23 November 2023 ahead of temporary ceasefire.[16] The Permanent Observer of Palestine at the United Nations Salah Abdel-Shafi and Chairman of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh mourned the death of his family.[17][18]

References

  1. ↑ "الاحتلال الإسرائيلي يرتكب مجزرة بحق عائلة مالك موقع "غزة الآن" مصطفى عياش". Gaza Now (in العربية). 23 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Telegram restricts access to Hamas channels on Google, Apple stores". Al Jazeera. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Telegram app has been a key platform for Hamas. Now it's being restricted there". NPR. 31 October 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Terror-gram: Hamas channels on Telegram are soaring - and Israel can't do anything". CTech. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Hamas turns to social media to get its message out — and to spread fear". Washington Post. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "تردد قناة غزة الآن Gaza now الجديد علي النايل سات 2023". Akher News (in العربية). 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "تردد قناة غزة الان Gaza now الجديد 2023 علي الاقمار الصناعيه". Akhbrna News (in العربية). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "تردد قناة غزة الأن مباشر الجديد 2024 Gaza now". Matn News (in العربية). 9 October 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "تردد قناة غزة الآن؛ تعرف على أهم خطوات تنزيل الفضائية الإخبارية". Faharas TV (in العربية). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Hamas executes 3 members accused of killing terror leader". Times of Israel. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Amid Israeli–Palestinian Violence, Facebook Employees Are Accusing Their Company Of Bias Against Arabs And Muslims". BuzzFeed News. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "The popular "Gaza Now" Telegram channel was apparently hacked, and all of its content deleted". Abu Ali Express. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Emojis of Terror: Telegram's Role in Perpetuating Extremism in the October 2023 Hamas-Israel War". G-net Research. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Messaging app Telegram blocks Hamas channels on Android as conflict rages on". CNBC. 25 October 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Israel war: Telegram blocks Hamas' channels on Android". Times of India. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "«عياش».. صحفي استُشهد 12 من أسرته في القصف الإسرائيلي". El Watan News (in العربية). 28 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "سفارة فلسطين تُعزي بإستشهاد عائلة مصطفى عياش مدير موقع و قناة غزة الآن". Gaza Now (in العربية). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  18. ↑ "هنية يُعزي بإستشهاد عائلة مصطفى عياش مدير موقع و قناة غزة الان". Gaza Now (in العربية). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

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