Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: govt to 'close' Al Jazeera TV in Israel

The broadcasting network Al Jazeera will be shut down in Israel , according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu .

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his government has decided to shut down the Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera, with which his administration has had a long-running feud. He said the broadcaster had been informed of the"closure of the offices of Al Jazeera Channel operating within the borders of Israel", and the confiscation of its broadcasting devices.The broadcasting to Al Jazeera's websites would also be restricted, he said, adding that the curbs would not legally apply to the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Neither will it apply to the Gaza Strip, from where Al Jazeera still broadcasts live on Israel's war with Hamas.

Netanyahu's government has had a long-running feud with Al Jazeera that predates Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza. The feud has ramped up amid Israeli criticism of the channel's coverage of the war that began with Hamas's unprecedented 7 October attack on Israel that resulted in the deaths of more than 1 170 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.

The following month, it accused another journalist with the channel who was wounded in a separate strike of being a"deputy company commander" with Hamas.

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