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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
IDF confirms killing Al Jazeera reporter who was also a Hamas sniper
An IDF release showing Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat, who was also a Hamas sniper. Shabat was killed in an IDF strike on March 24, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
The IDF confirms that it killed an Al Jazeera reporter in an air strike yesterday. The military has long charged that Hossam Shabat was an active member of Hamas.
In October, the IDF published information on six journalists in Gaza who were also members of terror groups, including Shabat. The IDF said it had uncovered documents in the Gaza Strip that showed that Shabat was a sniper in Hamas’s Beit Hanoun Battalion.
“During the war, Shabat carried out attacks and participated in terrorist activities against IDF forces and citizens of the State of Israel. This is further proof of the employment of Hamas terrorists by the Al Jazeera media network,” the IDF says.
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