Hamas shuts Al Arabiya, Maan offices over 'false' news
Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:13PM
The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has shut down Gaza offices of Al Arabiya TV and Palestinian news agency Maan over what it called "false" reporting.
"The Attorney General decided to close down Al Arabiya and Maan offices in Gaza for distributing false news regarding the smear campaign against Hamas and Gaza about what's happening in Egypt," a Hamas official said on Thursday, AFP reported.
A Maan staff member and a Hamas official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the news agency was closed temporarily over a report, which citied Israeli sources. The report says that Hamas government has provided asylum to Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood fugitive leaders.
Saudi-owned Al Arabiya refused to reveal the reasons behind its office closure in Gaza.
"We received the closure notice and an official statement from Al Arabiya will be published to respond to this decision," said Islam Abd Al Kareem, Al Arabiya’s Gaza correspondent.
On July 14, investigators in Egypt started instigating ousted President Mohamed Morsi, the country's first democratically elected leader, and members of his Muslim Brotherhood over their escape from prison during the 2011 revolution.
The Egyptians launched the revolution against the pro-Israeli regime on January 25, 2011, which eventually brought an end to the 30-year dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak on February 11, 2011.
The enquiry is about the escape of dozens of Brotherhood activists from Wadi Natrun prison during the revolution.
On July 3 night, Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced that Morsi was no longer in office and declared that the head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Adly Mahmoud Mansour, had been appointed as the new interim president of Egypt. The army also suspended the constitution.
Army officials said ousted President Morsi, who took office in June 2012, was being held “preventively” by the military.
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