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Reuters Employed a Journalist Who Praised Oct. 7 and Works for the Houthis; Now It Refuses to Comment
Partygoers at the Supernova Psy-Trance Festival running to safety during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, as seen in the documentary “Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre.” Photo: Screenshot
She works for terrorists.
She praised Hamas for slaughtering Jews on October 7.
But Reuters is silent on the employment status of Gaza freelance journalist Doaa Rouqa.
In November 2024, HonestReporting revealed that Rouqa was working for the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV while she was freelancing for Reuters.
A year earlier, we exposed how Rouqa had shared enthusiastic Facebook posts celebrating the October 7 Hamas attack that triggered the Israel-Hamas war.
Reuters glossed over Rouqa’s praise for terror — claiming that her posts had been removed and that “appropriate action” had been taken.
But she continued working for the news agency, which also failed to respond to our exposé concerning her moonlighting as a reporter for the Iranian-backed Yemeni Houthi movement — a US-designated terrorist organization.
She works for Houthi terrorists.
But @Reuters still won’t confirm the employment status of Gaza freelance journalist Doaa Rouqa.
And now there’s more.
https://t.co/Jhc8mq9GMZ
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) July 16, 2025
Working for Terrorists
According to the Reuters digital database, Rouqa has been employed by the wire service since November 2023.
Her social media accounts on Instagram and Facebook reveal that she was simultaneously working for Al-Masirah — reporting on the same stories for both Reuters and the terrorists who attack Israel and threaten global shipping.
On April 25-26, 2023, for example, Rouqa produced reports from Nasser hospital in Gaza for both Reuters and Al-Masirah:
Rouqa’s accounts are filled with selfies and pictures showing her holding a microphone imprinted with Al-Masirah’s logo.
She had no qualms about it, and her Reuters colleagues either turned a blind eye or were clueless.
Either way, her work hasn’t been published by Reuters since June 2024. The agency, however, refuses to confirm either way whether it has cut ties with Rouqa following our exposés.
Transparency on this issue is necessary because freelancers can be used by the agency even after a long hiatus.
Praising Terrorists
Rouqa herself had been quite transparent about her pro-Hamas, anti-Israeli sentiment.
On October 7, 2023, as 1,200 people in Israel were brutalized, raped, and murdered while others were taken hostage, she posted excited praise on her Facebook page for Hamas’ attack.
One post reads in Arabic: “October, Gaza, Glorious — history will record. Alaqsa flood.”
Another, showing a picture of Hamas terrorists inside Israel, reads: “May God protect them. #alAqsa Flood… A morning and day like no other on the road to liberation and great victory, God willing.”
And another post, in which Rouqa celebrates rockets fired at Israel, carries an image showing trails of smoke over Gaza and a caption that reads in Arabic: “This is how Gaza has woken up. Good morning to our brave resistance. We wish everyone health.” The sentence above the picture reads: “This morning in Gaza has no parallel. #forever #Gaza #Palestine #a morning of pride.”
This overt support for terrorism did not prevent Reuters from purchasing Rouqa’s photos, utilizing her videos, and publishing her stories.
On the contrary, she continued receiving bylines on emotive stories from Gaza.
It also seems that her work for Houthi terrorists wasn’t a deal breaker.
Reuters owes its audience an explanation.
But whether it cuts ties with Rouqa or not, the question remains: If one of the world’s largest news agencies hired someone who prides herself on support for terrorists, how can anyone trust it?
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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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.