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Israel Targets Terrorists, Not Journalists — But Media Ignores the Facts
An Israeli soldier stands during a two-minute siren marking the annual Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, at an installation at the site of the Nova festival where party goers were killed and kidnapped during the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas terrorists from Gaza, in Reim, southern Israel, May 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Five journalists were tragically killed last week in an Israeli strike aimed at Hamas infrastructure located inside a Gaza hospital. But global media decried their deaths as a targeted Israeli campaign against media workers in the enclave.
The media’s knee-jerk reaction omitted the necessary background that would have ruined their attempt to demonize Israel and glorify the victims.
Even though the IDF did not deliberately target these journalists, no media outlet thought to mention that one of those wounded in the strike was Mohammed Fayq abu Mostafa — a former Reuters contractor who infiltrated into Israel and urged Gazans to cross the border during Hamas’ massacre on October 7, 2023.
Similarly, there was no mention that one of the dead journalists, Ahmed Abu Aziz, celebrated Oct. 7 as “the greatest day of our generation.”
And no outlet mentioned that where Israel had targeted so-called journalists in Gaza, it was because they were, in fact, Hamas terrorists in disguise.
Below is a short list of some of these omitted stories — not as justification for the deaths of those who tried to do their job professionally, but as a reminder to media outlets that chose to hide the full picture from their audience.
Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa
Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa was fired from Reuters in January 2024 after HonestReporting exposed his social media call on Gazans to infiltrate the Jewish state on October 7.
He also boasted that he was with Hamas in the Israeli town of Sderot that day and documented the lynching of an Israeli soldier.
After detailing the atrocities, he encouraged others in Gaza to do the same. pic.twitter.com/H2oB3hXNFa
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) August 27, 2025
His injury this week at Nasser hospital was not the first. He was wounded last May in a strike on the same hospital that targeted and killed his colleague Hassan Eslaiah.
Hassan Eslaiah
In November 2023, HonestReporting exposed that Hassan Eslaiah, then a freelancer for AP and CNN, had infiltrated Israel on October 7, 2023. This revelation also brought to light a cozy photo of Eslaiah with former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the massacre.
Eslaiah entered Israeli Kibbutzim with Hamas and photographed the mutilated bodies of Israelis on the blood-stained floors of burned safety rooms.
After his targeting, the IDF provided proof that he was actually a Hamas terrorist in disguise.
EXCLUSIVE INTELLIGENCE UNCOVERED : Documents recovered by the IDF from inside Gaza reveal a list of operatives in Hamas’ Khan Yunis 3rd Battalion. Among them, Hassan Aslih, listed by name, military number, and unit: the so-called “Media Platoon”.
Aslih was a Hamas operative… pic.twitter.com/BJHTZ9jfTu
— LTC Nadav Shoshani (@LTC_Shoshani) May 18, 2025
Anas Al Sharif
Earlier this month, Israel targeted Al Jazeera reporter in Gaza, Anas al Sharif.
Almost all foreign media outlets mourned his death, while doubting or altogether omitting hard evidence presented by the IDF proving that he was a commander of a terrorist cell in a Hamas guided rockets platoon.
Abdalla al Jamal
Al Jazeera “journalist” Abdallah Al Jamal was killed when Israeli forces entered his Gaza apartment, where he held three Israelis hostage.
Al Jamal also wrote articles for the US-based Palestine Chronicle newspaper and worked for the Hamas Ministry of Labor.
Foreign media outlets ignored his story.
Other Al Jazeera Journalists
Throughout the war, the IDF has targeted several Al Jazeera journalists who were in fact Hamas operatives. The army provided ample evidence of their terrorist activity, but their names still appear on the website of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Some of them are Mustafa Thuria, Hamza al Dahduh, Ismail Abu Omar, Ismail al Ghoul, and Hamza Murtaja.
Despite the evidence, media outlets decried their deaths and cast doubt on Israel’s proven claims.
Muthana Al Najjar
Muthana Al Najjar is an independent journalist whose dispatch from inside Israel on October 7 shocked the nation.
Al Najjar was in Kibbutz Nahal Oz and documented the cruel abduction of Shiri Bibas and her two sons, Kfir and Ariel, into Gaza.
His work was celebrated by The New York Times.
The list above is partial. Many journalists in Gaza have Hamas ties, at best, or, at worst, work for Hamas.
Media outlets that are quick to falsely blame Israel for “the deadliest conflict for journalists ever recorded” ignore the facts and play into the hands of Hamas, which uses the sacred title of journalism as a cover for terrorism.
HonestReporting is a Jerusalem-based media watchdog with a focus on antisemitism and anti-Israel bias — where a version of this article first appeared.
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Pro-Palestinian Rioters Splatter Israeli Singer With Red Paint, Try to Storm Stage at Concert in Poland
Illustrative: Anti-Israel protesters hold a banner that says, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” standing in front of the president’s palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Nov. 5, 2023. Photo: IMAGO/Marek Antoni Iwanczuk via Reuters Connect
Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian demonstrators threw red paint on Israeli singer-songwriter and composer David D’Or and tried to storm the stage with a Palestinian flag during his performance in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday night.
D’Or was singing the Hebrew prayer “Avinu Malkeinu” at a finale concert for an annual Jewish cultural festival in Warsaw when an anti-Israel agitator in the audience approached the stage and hurled red paint on him. While the protester was being apprehended by security, another activist emerged from the audience, carrying a Palestinian flag, and tried to storm the stage while reportedly shouting “Free Palestine.” Both activists were quickly removed from the auditorium.
D’Or posted a video of the incident on Instagram and detailed what happened in a Hebrew-language caption.
“In the middle of the prayer our father our king, when I pray for a good year and for peace in the world, I closed my eyes, when I suddenly felt a cold splash on my face, I opened my eyes to see a strong red color, similar to blood,” wrote the singer. “On the clothes on my face and on the stage and the musicians. The playlist was like stained in blood.” He said the stains of red paint reminded him “of the horror sights of October 7th,” referring to the deadly Hamas-led attack in 2023 in which Palestinian terrorists killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages back to the Gaza Strip, starting the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
D’Or said after he was splattered with red paint, “in the stunned crowd a sound of horror and crying began. I realized that I must pick myself up and encourage them.”
“I continued to sing and asked everyone to close their eyes and pray for the people of Israel,” he added. “It wasn’t easy, my eyes were teary with pain and great sadness from the situation we got to. At the end of the show the audience sang along with me and we came out strong … What terrible days, may God have mercy. Praying for better days.”
D’Or’s performance on Sunday night, accompanied by Sinfonia Viva, closed off the 22nd edition of the Singer’s Warsaw Festival of Jewish Culture. The concert took place at the Moniuszko Auditorium.
D’or’s career spans over 35 years and he has performed with many philharmonic orchestras around the world, including the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Philharmonic Orchestras of Rome, London, Moscow, Shanghai, Budapest, Beijing, and Los Angeles. He has 17 gold and platinum albums and previously performed at the Vatican six times, the United Nations, in front of former US presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, and had a close relationship with Israeli President Shimon Peres, who asked for D’or to sing at his funeral.
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Florida Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Plotting Attacks Targeting Jews, Blacks
An American flag waves outside the US Department of Justice Building in Washington, DC. Photo: Al Drago via Reuters Connect
A man from Margate, Florida, man was sentenced on Friday to 25 years in federal prison for planning attacks against Jewish and Black Americans, the US Department of Justice announced.
John Kevin Lapinski, Jr., 41, previously pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, possession of a firearm by a person subject to a court order, possession of an unregistered silencer, and possession of body armor by a violent felon.
On Oct. 31, 2024, officers from the Margate Police Department responded to a call about shots fired in a residential neighborhood and discovered that Lapinski was the shooter. Inside his home, police officers found a shooting target that depicted a Black male covered in bullet holes. They also found Lapinski’s arsenal that included five firearms, more than 3,000 rounds of ammunition, two silencers, body armor, smoke grenades, a Ghillie suit used for camouflage, and tactical gear.
Officers additionally found maps of local schools, parks, and community sites with racial slurs, written by Lapinski, that targeted Black and Jewish people. Lapinski had also compiled a “target list” for attacks based on race and religion and it mentioned a Jewish member of Congress, local synagogues, Jewish-owned businesses, and other religious and ethnically identified sites, according to the Justice Department
“This defendant stockpiled weapons, tactical gear, and detailed attack plans to terrorize Jewish and Black Americans in our communities. His intent was not abstract — it was written on his maps, his targets, and his so-called hit list,” US Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones for the Southern District of Florida said in a statement
“Thanks to the swift work of our law enforcement partners, his plan never became reality,” Quiñones added. “Instead of carrying out acts of racist violence, he will spend the next quarter-century behind bars. Let this sentence serve as a warning: hate-fueled violence will be met with decisive federal prosecution. We will disrupt your plans, seize your weapons, and ensure you never endanger the people of this district again.”
Investigators also linked Lapinski to a shooting in August 2024 that targeted the home and vehicle of a Jewish Florida resident.
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Houthi Terrorists Raid UN Premises in Yemen, Detain At Least 11 People
Houthi policemen ride on the back of a patrol pick-up truck during the funeral of Houthi terrorists killed by recent US-led strikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, Feb. 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Yemen‘s Iran-backed Houthi rebels raided United Nations offices in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday and detained at least 11 UN personnel, the body said.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the Houthis, an internationally designated terrorist group, forcibly entered World Food Program premises, seized UN property, and attempted to enter other UN offices in the capital.
The raid followed an Israeli strike on Sanaa on Thursday that killed the prime minister of Yemen‘s Houthi-run government and several other ministers.
UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg said in a separate statement that the 11 staff were detained in both Sanaa and the port city of Hodeidah.
UNICEF, the UN Development Program and the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees are among other UN agencies with offices in one or both of the two cities.
Grundberg said the detentions were in addition to 23 other UN staff previously detained, some since 2021, and one who died in detention this year.