Al Jazeera rejects Israeli Military’s allegations of Hamas links to Gaza journalists

In a strong rebuttal to the Israeli military’s recent allegations, Al Jazeera has categorically denied claims that six of its journalists based in Gaza are affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). The media network condemned the accusations as “unfounded” and an attempt to undermine its reporting in the region.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) made the claims via a post on X (formerly Twitter), stating that the six journalists — Anas al-Sharif, Talal Aruki, Alaa Salama, Hosam Shabat, Ismail Farid, and Ashraf Saraj — are operatives working for Hamas’s armed wing.