Shehab News Agency

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Shehab News Agency
وكالة شهاب للأنباء

Formation	January 2007; 19 years ago (2007-01)
Type	News agency
Official language	Arabic
Owner	Hamas
Website	shehabnews.com

Shehab News Agency (Arabic: وكالة شهاب للأنباء), is a Palestinian news agency affiliated with Hamas.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It was established in January 2007 in Gaza. It's part of the al-Aqsa Media Network.^[5]^{[citation needed]}

Its website is blocked by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.^[6]^[7]^[8] Facebook blocked its accounts in 2021.^[9]^[10]^[11] Their main Telegram channel is blocked on the version of the Telegram app available on the Google Play store.^{[citation needed]}

The agency’s Twitter account has been withheld in European Union countries in response to a legal demand.^{[citation needed]}

Shehab News Agency used homophobic slurs to cover the Tel Aviv Pride.^[12]

References

↑ "Palestinian Authority blocks 11 news websites". Al Jazeera. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2023. The blocked websites include the Palestinian Information Center and the Shehab News Agency – affiliated with Hamas – and the 'Voice of Fatah'
↑ "Palestine". Reporters without Borders. Retrieved 3 October 2023. In the Gaza Strip, there are Hamas-affiliated media such as the Shehab News agency
↑ "Israel-Gaza fighting continues for second day after militant's death". BBC. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2023. Hamas-linked Shehab news agency
↑ "Hamas Warns Israel against Deteriorating Conditions". Al-Sharq al-Aswat. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2023. Hamas-affiliated Shehab news agency
↑ "شبكة الأقصى.. إعلام مقاوم وهدف دائم للعدو". الرسالة نت (in Arabic). 2 December 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
↑ "Palestinian Authority blocks 11 news websites". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
↑ Crouch, Erik (25 October 2019). "Palestinian court orders block of dozens of news websites and Facebook pages". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
↑ "Palestinian websites blocked in W. Bank: Local sources". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
↑ "Facebook blocks Gaza's Shehab News Agency from its platform". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
↑ "Facebook removes Gaza-based Shehab News Agency from platform". Middle East Monitor. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
↑ "Hamas-affiliated news agency's page removed from Facebook". The Jerusalem Post. ISSN 0792-822X. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
↑ "Top Gaza News Agency Mocks Tel Aviv Pride Attendees with Homophobic Slurs". The Tower. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2026.

External links

Official website (in Arabic)

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