Shehab News Agency

Shehab News Agency
وكالة شهاب للأنباء
FormationJanuary 2007; 17 years ago (2007-01)
TypeNews agency
Official language
Arabic
Websiteshehabnews.com

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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Palestinian Authority blocks 11 news websites". Al Jazeera. 2017-06-15. 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'
  2. ^ "Palestine". Reporters without Borders. Retrieved 3 October 2023. In the Gaza Strip, there are Hamas-affiliated media such as the Shehab News agency
  3. ^ "Israel-Gaza fighting continues for second day after militant's death". BBC. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 3 October 2023. Hamas-linked Shehab news agency
  4. ^ "Hamas Warns Israel against Deteriorating Conditions". Al-Sharq al-Aswat. 2019-06-26. Retrieved 3 October 2023. Hamas-affiliated Shehab news agency
  5. ^ "Palestinian Authority blocks 11 news websites". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  6. ^ Crouch, Erik (2019-10-25). "Palestinian court orders block of dozens of news websites and Facebook pages". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  7. ^ "Palestinian websites blocked in W. Bank: Local sources". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  8. ^ "Facebook blocks Gaza's Shehab News Agency from its platform". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  9. ^ "Facebook removes Gaza-based Shehab News Agency from platform". Middle East Monitor. 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  10. ^ "Hamas-affiliated news agency's page removed from Facebook". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2023-02-26.