Israel's military said it uncovered documents that it says proves six journalists with the Middle East-based news source Al Jazeera are operatives with Hamas and other Palestinian-linked terror squads.

The Israeli army has accused six Al Jazeera journalists covering the war in Gaza of also being current or former paid fighters for Palestinian militant groups

The Israeli military named on Wednesday six Palestinians in Gaza as Al Jazeera reporters who it said were also members of the Hamas or Islamic Jihad militant groups, an allegation which the Qatari network rejected as an attempt to silence journalists.

The news organization strongly denied the accusations, which it said were based on “fabricated evidence” and followed a long history of Israeli hostility toward the network.

The Israel Defense Forces says it has several documents which "serve as proof" that the Qatari network was infiltrated The post IDF Accuses 6 Al Jazeera Journalists of Being ‘Hamas and Islamic Jihad Terrorists’ appeared first on TheWrap.

Al Jazeera has firmly rejected allegations made by the Israeli military against six of its journalists in Gaza. The network labeled these claims as 'unfounded' and an attempt to undermine its reporting,

Al Jazeera vehemently condemns Israeli military allegations that six of its journalists affiliated with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Journalists and media outlets are pushing back at claims that six Al Jazeera reporters in Gaza have ties to Hamas, with one calling it "propaganda and fake news."