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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Harriet Sherwood

News outlets deny claims they had prior knowledge of Hamas attack on Israel

Hamas Israel HonestReporting CNN United Nations The Associated Press The New York Times Gaza
A photograph by Yousef Masoud showing Palestinians standing on and around a destroyed Israeli tank on the Israeli side of the Gaza border on 7 October.
A photograph by Yousef Masoud taken at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis on 7 October. The New York Times said Masoud ‘was doing what photojournalists always do during major news events, documenting the tragedy as it unfolded’. Photograph: Yousef Masoud/AP

Four of the world’s biggest news organisations have vigorously denied any prior knowledge of Hamas’s deadly assault on Israel on 7 October, saying such a suggestion was untrue, outrageous and reckless.

The suggestion appeared in an article by HonestReporting, which describes itself as an organisation devoted to fighting media disinformation about Israel and Zionism. It was taken up by two senior Israeli politicians, who said any journalists with prior knowledge of the assault should be treated as terrorists.

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