Where Does Israel Go to Get Their Apology?

One of the almost infinite number of accusations hurled at Israel has been the claim that it intentionally targeted ‘journalists’ in Gaza as part of a devious plan to hide its genocidal war crimes.

The accusation was always absurd, but it had the patina of plausibility, since a significant number of journalists had indeed died in the fighting. 

Of course, urban warfare is especially dangerous, making it the riskiest kind of war to cover in the first place, but that is not the reason why so many so-called “journalists” were dying. They were, in fact, combatants and Hamas collaborators and fighters. 

In the months since the cease-fire, Hamas has been publishing obituaries for the soldiers who have died, and an increasing number of the obits are for men who the international community had identified as victims of Israeli targeted attacks. 

For instance, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, in justifying his attack on AIPAC as “monsters,” referred to the death of a Palestinian “journalist” as proof that Israel is especially perfidious. 

Jews in NYC: “We account for 60% of hate-crime victims in NYC, and your rhetoric puts a target on our backs.”

Mamdani: Doubles down. pic.twitter.com/Cn8DRQAF7O

— Lizzy Savetsky (@LizzySavetsky) June 22, 2026

It’s the sort of argument that hits right at the intellectual’s erogenous zone. Press freedom organizations howl, and Western journalists, who love nothing more than themselves, fuel the outrage. That’s why every time a so-called “journalist” dies in Gaza, we hear so much about it. It motivates press freedom organizations, the United Nations, and every leftist with a Masters Degree or above. 

NYC Mayor Mamdani lashed out at Israel yesterday for eliminating Ahmed Wishah, an Al Jazeera “journalist”

Palestinians posted an obituary of Wishah, the journalist 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/LwBX1mskHZ

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) June 23, 2026

The reality is that almost without exception, anybody labeled a “journalist” in Gaza is associated with Hamas. They have to be, because Hamas will kill anybody who would report anything they dislike. Many of them are active members with combat or leadership roles. 

It’s difficult to believe that anyone familiar with the situation is unaware of it. It’s not a secret, after all. The Associated Press shared offices with Hamas for years in Gaza, and has been censoring its stories about Gaza because the alternative is having its stringers killed. 

Former AP journalist Matti Friedman admits that they had no choice but to be complicit with Hamas, and NOT admit that many of their dead were in civilian clothes.

I’m certain that ALL networks had no choice but to do this for fear of Hamas in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/q8r8VbjrLM

— James J. Marlow (@James_J_Marlow) June 21, 2026

Within the journalistic “community,” it is common knowledge. So every time you hear a journalist or NGO official expressing outrage about the “murder” of a “journalist” in Gaza, be aware that their outrage is not for who died, but rather that Israel hasn’t laid down its arms and allowed Hamas to kill its citizens (or torture dissenting Gazans) with abandon. 

Exactly as we said.

The entire @PressFreedom leadership should resign in shame. pic.twitter.com/RhL3WyUVn2

— Avi Mayer אבי מאיר (@AviMayer) June 22, 2026

Now that Hamas is publishing the obituaries for its martyrs, the Committee to Protect Journalists, which has been loudly condemning Israel throughout the war, is quietly taking names off the list of its “murdered” journalists as Hamas names them as its own. They aren’t apologizing, or even acknowledging the fact that their precious journalist was Hamas; they are just revising the list quietly. 

📌Committee to Protect Journalists has quietly removed 8 fake Gaza “journalists” because it finally admitted they “participated in combat.” @pressfreedom issued over 100 articles since 10/7 slamming Israel but not ONE mention that Hamas & PIJ abused the press vest for combat. 1/ pic.twitter.com/YPKlZRYuBp

— Aizenberg (@Aizenberg55) June 8, 2026

Something similar is happening at the UNRWA, which has been firing employees who are indisputably Hamas with little fanfare. It has known about these people for many years, but as the funding has dried up for the UNRWA due to its scandals, it is trying to staunch the bleeding by throwing its most obviously Hamas-linked employees out. 

UNRWA fires 70 Gaza staffers as it grapples with ‘Hamas problem’ https://t.co/xEKO5Cjitv pic.twitter.com/erBxgm1VZq

— New York Post (@nypost) June 12, 2026

The press has treated these revelations with the same coverage as Tulsi Gabbard’s revelations about the Obama administration conspiracy to destroy Donald Trump and the Fauci COVID coverup—by ignoring them. They don’t fit The Narrative™, so they don’t get coverage. They have important stories to cover, like the algae in the Reflecting Pool, after all. 

Alkhatib: “Hamas’ 20‑year rule was sustained by an ecosystem of European governments, journalists, academics, lawyers, and self‑styled human‑rights defenders who normalized Hamas or tolerated its abuses because their hostility toward Israel outweighed their concern for Gazans.” https://t.co/3PY8rOipSW

— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) June 13, 2026

It doesn’t take an investigative reporter to discover any of this. It is plain as the nose on your face, and it’s not exactly difficult for a news organization to figure out that their prized reporter in Gaza is moonlighting as a soldier in Hamas, in between their manufactured stories about Israeli atrocities. 

June 1: Hamas admitted that Abdullah Breis was a commander posing as a “journalist”— it is no longer “Israel says so” evidence. Over 60% of “journalists” killed in Gaza are outed as combatants, more every week. He remains listed by the CPY @pressfreedom 2/ pic.twitter.com/6GMsa1XDHb

— Aizenberg (@Aizenberg55) June 4, 2026

May 20: Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali was outed as a PIJ commander posing as a journalist, one of 5 claimed “journalists” killed that day. This was a widely covered IDF attack that fueled claims that Israel not only killed journalists, but targeted them. That narrative has collapsed. 4/ pic.twitter.com/D2wPQp5Iuo

— Aizenberg (@Aizenberg55) June 4, 2026

Hamas isn’t trying to hide any of this. They are publishing the obituaries, describing how their “martyrs” died. They have no need to hide any of it because they can be confident that the world media will continue to collaborate with them. 

Their confidence has been well rewarded. 

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