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CNN, the AP, Reuters and The New York Times use freelance photojournalist with Links to Hamas

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Important Takeaways:

  • CNN ‘fires’ freelance Gaza photojournalist Hassan Eslaiah after claims he and five others were embedded with Hamas terrorists when they invaded Israel on Oct 7 and had prior knowledge of the attack
  • CNN has ‘suspended all ties’ with a freelance photojournalist who appears to have been embedded with Hamas on October 7 at the time of the terror group’s barbaric assault on Israel.
  • Hassan Eslaiah has been filing photographs of the conflict to CNN and The Associated Press since the Hamas attack on October 7. They include images of a burning Israeli tank from which soldiers were kidnapped.
  • Now, photos have emerged of him posing with Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. He also posted a now-deleted video to Twitter in which he described how Hamas fighters kidnapped Israeli soldiers from the burning tank.
  • Yousef Masoud, Ali Mahmud and Hatem Ali have also been providing western media outlets with photos of the conflict since October 7. They have worked with CNN, The AP, Reuters and The New York Times, according to an expose by Honest Reporting.
  • There are grave concerns over what each of the photojournalists knew and when.
  • Israel’s government has demanded an explanation from the media outlets, all of which have denied having prior knowledge of the attack.
  • In response to the criticism, a CNN spokesperson told DailyMail.com: ‘We had no prior knowledge of the October 7th attacks.
  • The Associated Press, in its statement, denied having any prior knowledge of the attack and insisted the first photos it received were taken after it began.
  • In 2021, it was widely reported that the Associated Press used the same office space as Hamas in Gaza.

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