{"id":2205925,"date":"2024-03-25T17:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T21:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-jazeera-quietly-deletes-story-falsely-alleging-idf-raped-palestinians-in-gaza-hospital\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T17:33:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T21:33:30","slug":"al-jazeera-quietly-deletes-story-falsely-alleging-idf-raped-palestinians-in-gaza-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/al-jazeera-quietly-deletes-story-falsely-alleging-idf-raped-palestinians-in-gaza-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Jazeera silently removes inaccurate report accusing IDF of assaulting Palestinians in Gaza hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fal-jazeera-quietly-deletes-story-falsely-alleging-idf-raped-palestinians-in-gaza-hospital%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2205925&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Al \u2062Jazeera, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-reps-iranian-dissidents-fiercely-protest-iranian-regime-using-clubhouse-to-spread-propaganda-and-lies\/\" title=\"GOP Reps, Iranian Dissidents Fiercely Protest Iranian Regime Using Clubhouse To Spread \u2018Propaganda And Lies\u2019\">news outlet controlled<\/a> by Qatar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-contradicts-1619-project-europeans-did-not-found-this-country\/\" title=\"Don Lemon Contradicts 1619 Project: \u2018Europeans Did Not Found This Country\u2019\">quietly deleted<\/a> a story after\u200c being published for over 24 hours. The \u200bstory falsely claimed that Israeli \u2062soldiers raped Palestinian women at Gaza&#8217;s Al-Shifa \u200cHospital. The Jerusalem Post reported on this. The article mentioned Jamila Al-Hessi, a Gazan \u200cwoman, who \u200dmade\u200b these claims, which led to\u200b strong \u2063reactions on social media against the \u200bIsraeli government and the IDF.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t(Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Qatari state-controlled news outlet <\/span><span>Al Jazeera<\/span><span> quietly deleted a story it had published for over 24 hours that featured fabricated allegations that Israeli soldiers raped Palestinian women at Gaza\u2019s Al-Shifa Hospital, according to the <\/span><em><span>Jerusalem Post<\/span><\/em><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Al Jazeera<\/span><span> reported in the original article that Jamila Al-Hessi, a Gazan woman, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-hamas-war\/article-793560\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> she saw Israeli soldiers &#8220;raping women then killing them and burning entire families alive&#8221; after entering the hospital where Hamas terrorists had barricaded themselves. The story quickly went viral on social media, prompting widespread condemnation of the Israeli government and the Israel Defense Forces.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But Yasser Abuhilalah, a columnist and former director at Al Jazeera, on Sunday admitted the story was fake, noting in an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abuhilalah\/status\/1771996521312973088\"><span>X post<\/span><\/a><span> that &#8220;it was revealed through Hamas investigations that the story of the rape of women in Al-Shifa Hospital was fabricated.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The woman who spoke about rape justified her exaggeration and incorrect talk by saying that the goal was to arouse the nation\u2019s fervor and brotherhood,&#8221; Abuhilalah said, adding, &#8220;As if more than 30,000 martyrs, 90,000 wounded, about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yemen-lgbt-refugees-and-white-supremacy-everything-you-need-to-know-about-bidens-first-foreign-policy-speech\/\" title=\"Yemen, LGBT Refugees, And White Supremacy: Everything You Need To Know About Biden\u2019s First Foreign Policy Speech\">million displaced people<\/a>, and comprehensive destruction were not enough!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera pulled all coverage featuring the story after it had appeared on the site for more than 24 hours, without issuing a statement or retraction, the <em>Jerusalem Post<\/em> reported.\t<\/p>\n<p><span>Jihad Khelles, a pro-Hamas Gazan preacher, also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-hamas-war\/article-793560\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> on X that there has been no evidence to substantiate Al-Hessi\u2019s rape allegations against Israeli soldiers. Khelles lamented that such fabrication only &#8220;creates panic and fear&#8221; and &#8220;makes [Palestinians] feel despair and frustration at a time when we are most in need for stability and reassurance.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Al Jazeera<\/span><span> has long been funded by and served as a mouthpiece for the Qatari government, which is a key ally and financial backer of Hamas. In November, Rep. Jack Bergman (R., Mich.) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/pressure-ramps-up-in-congress-to-revoke-al-jazeeras-press-credentials\/\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> in a letter to House speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) that <\/span><span>Al Jazeera<\/span><span> was &#8220;openly endorsing Hamas&#8217;s barbaric ideology&#8221; and &#8220;promot[ing] blood libels against Israel\u2014and even calling for \u2018Jihad\u2019 against the United States and the West.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Jazeera, a Qatari state-controlled news outlet, removed a story after 24 hours. The article falsely claimed that Israeli soldiers raped Palestinian women at Gaza&#8217;s Al-Shifa Hospital. The Jerusalem Post reported the incident. The original piece mentioned Jamila Al-Hessi, a Gazan woman, but the story was later proven false and deleted by Al Jazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2807,"featured_media":2205926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/al-jazeera-to-shut-down-its-american-tv-operation-e1698956960326.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2205925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/al-jazeera-to-shut-down-its-american-tv-operation-e1698956960326.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2205925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2205925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2205925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2205925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2205925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}