TIMES OF ISRAEL
Israel demands clarification from global media over photographers during Hamas assault
Stuart Winer
November 9, 2023

Israel on Thursday demanded that international media outlets explain the circumstances under which photographers in their pay were present at the scene of the surprise October 7 assault by the Hamas terror group on southern Israel, and warned they could be held complicit in the crimes. The move came after the pro-Israel watchdog group Honest Reporting published a report Wednesday showing that photographers used by The Associated Press, Reuters, The New York Times, and CNN provided images taken as the attack was ongoing from the border area and including from inside Israel — intimating they may have had advance knowledge of the assault. The report also raised questions about the relationship between some of the photographers and the Hamas terror group that rules Gaza. READ MORE

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