Israel shuts Al Jazeera’s transmissions

Netanyahu announced that the government had “unanimously decided: the incitement channel Al Jazeera will be closed in Israel”. The announcement came through X.

The order is initially valid for 45 days, with the possibility of an extension Screens carrying Al Jazeera’s Arabic and English channels went blank, apart from a message in Hebrew saying they had “been suspended in Israel”.

The shutdown does not apply to the Israeli-occupied West Bank or Gaza Strip, from which Al Jazeera still broadcasts live on Israel’s war with Hamas.