Shehab News Agency

{{short description|Palestinian news agency}}

{{Expand Arabic|وكالة شهاب للأنباء|date=January 2025}}

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Shehab News Agency ({{langx|ar|وكالة شهاب للأنباء}}), is a Palestinian news agency affiliated with Hamas.{{cite news |title=Palestinian Authority blocks 11 news websites |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/6/15/palestinian-authority-blocks-11-news-websites |access-date=3 October 2023 |work=Al Jazeera |date=2017-06-15 |quote=The blocked websites include the Palestinian Information Center and the Shehab News Agency – affiliated with Hamas – and the ‘Voice of Fatah’}}{{cite news |title=Palestine |url=https://rsf.org/en/country/palestine |access-date=3 October 2023 |publisher=Reporters without Borders |quote=In the Gaza Strip, there are Hamas-affiliated media such as the Shehab News agency}}{{cite news |title=Israel-Gaza fighting continues for second day after militant's death |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50403889 |access-date=3 October 2023 |work=BBC |date=2019-11-14 |quote=Hamas-linked Shehab news agency}}{{cite news |title=Hamas Warns Israel against Deteriorating Conditions |url=https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/1785786/hamas-warns-israel-against-deteriorating-conditions |access-date=3 October 2023 |work=Al-Sharq al-Aswat |date=2019-06-26 |quote=Hamas-affiliated Shehab news agency}} It was established in January 2007 in Gaza. It's part of the al-Aqsa Media Network.{{fact|date=November 2023}}

Its website is blocked by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.{{Cite web |title=Palestinian Authority blocks 11 news websites |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/6/15/palestinian-authority-blocks-11-news-websites |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Crouch |first=Erik |date=2019-10-25 |title=Palestinian court orders block of dozens of news websites and Facebook pages |url=https://cpj.org/2019/10/palestinian-court-blocks-dozens-of-news-websites-a/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Committee to Protect Journalists |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Palestinian websites blocked in W. Bank: Local sources |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/palestinian-websites-blocked-in-w-bank-local-sources/842539 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=www.aa.com.tr}} Facebook blocked its accounts in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Facebook blocks Gaza's Shehab News Agency from its platform |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-facebook-blocks-gaza-shehab-news-agency |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-07-14 |title=Facebook removes Gaza-based Shehab News Agency from platform |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210714-facebook-removes-gaza-based-shehab-news-agency-from-platform/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Middle East Monitor |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |title=Hamas-affiliated news agency's page removed from Facebook |language=en-US |work=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |url=https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/hamas-affiliated-news-agencys-page-removed-from-facebook-673700 |access-date=2023-02-26}} Their main Telegram channel is blocked on the version of the Telegram app available on the Google Play store.{{citation needed| reason = I'm looking for one now, but I'll save this first. |date=December 2023}}

The agency’s Twitter account has been withheld in European Union countries in response to a legal demand.{{citation needed| reason = Information on a legal demand has not been publicly detailed. |date=December 2024}}