Shehab News Agency
وكالة شهاب للأنباء | |
| Formation | January 2007 |
|---|---|
| Type | News agency |
Official language | Arabic |
| Website | shehabnews |
Shehab News Agency (Arabic: وكالة شهاب للأنباء), is a Palestinian news agency affiliated with Hamas.[1][2][3][4] It was established in January 2007 in Gaza. It's part of the al-Aqsa Media Network.
Its website is blocked by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.[5][6][7] Facebook blocked its accounts in 2021.[8][9][10] Their main Telegram channel is blocked on the version of the Telegram app available on the Google Play store.
The agency’s Twitter account has been withheld in European Union countries in response to a legal demand.
References
- ^ "Palestinian Authority blocks 11 news websites". Al Jazeera. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
The blocked websites include the Palestinian Information Center and the Shehab News Agency – affiliated with Hamas – and the 'Voice of Fatah'
- ^ "Palestine". Reporters without Borders. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
In the Gaza Strip, there are Hamas-affiliated media such as the Shehab News agency
- ^ "Israel-Gaza fighting continues for second day after militant's death". BBC. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
Hamas-linked Shehab news agency
- ^ "Hamas Warns Israel against Deteriorating Conditions". Al-Sharq al-Aswat. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
Hamas-affiliated Shehab news agency
- ^ "Palestinian Authority blocks 11 news websites". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Crouch, Erik (25 October 2019). "Palestinian court orders block of dozens of news websites and Facebook pages". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Palestinian websites blocked in W. Bank: Local sources". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Facebook blocks Gaza's Shehab News Agency from its platform". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Facebook removes Gaza-based Shehab News Agency from platform". Middle East Monitor. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Hamas-affiliated news agency's page removed from Facebook". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
External links
- Official website (in Arabic)