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full screen The Qatari television channel Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah. Archive image. Photo: Nasser Nasser/AP/TT
Israeli military has entered the offices of the Qatari television channel Al Jazeera in the Palestinian territory of Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and ordered the channel to close for 45 days.
“There are court orders to close Al Jazeera for 45 days, the channel’s journalist Walid al-Omari quotes the message he received from an Israeli soldier.
Earlier this year Al Jazeera was banned in Israel. Israel accuses the channel of spreading false content.