Hamas's Sophisticated Media Empire

 A recent report by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC), based on Hamas documents seized by the IDF in Gaza, argues that Hamas maintains centralized managerial, financial, and strategic control over a broad media ecosystem, including outlets presented publicly as “independent” with a $2.24 mill budget

The report, published on February 22, 2026, draws from documents captured during military operations in Gaza and provides an unprecedented window into how the Palestinian terrorist organization coordinates its information warfare against Israel and the broader international community.

The Hybrid Media Model

At the heart of Hamas’s strategy lies what Israeli analysts term a “hybrid” media ecosystem—a deliberately constructed system designed to create the appearance of press diversity while maintaining absolute editorial control. According to the report, Hamas operates both official outlets like the Al-Resala media institution, the Al-Aqsa television network, and the Palestine newspaper, alongside news agencies Shehab and SAFA that publicly present themselves as independent journalistic organizations.

“This hybrid media system is not accidental,” the report states. “It is designed to allow Hamas to appear to advocate for media pluralism, while in fact it fully controls the media discourse.” This arrangement also provides the organization with diplomatic and operational flexibility, including the ability to circumvent sanctions and deny association with extreme content by attributing it to “independent” outlets.

The report adds that unofficial reports in late 2025 claimed Ali al-Amoudi was appointed acting head of Hamas’s political bureau in Gaza and was being discussed as a potential successor to Yahya Sinwar.

It traces his proximity to Sinwar back to their time in Israeli prison: al-Amoudi was arrested in 2004, released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit exchange, and, according to the report, developed a close relationship with Sinwar while incarcerated. The report says al-Amoudi later served as Sinwar’s office manager during Sinwar’s first term leading Hamas’s political bureau in Gaza (2017–2021).

Detailed Strategic Blueprint: 25 Projects and $2.24 Million

Perhaps most revealing are captured documents outlining Hamas’s operational plan for 2022-2025, which breaks down the organization’s media strategy into 25 major projects with measurable goals, specific content quotas, assigned budgets, and detailed timelines. The plan’s total budget is listed as $2,240,660, funded through an approved budget of $1,131,160 and an additional overage/exceptional budget of $1,109,000.

The projects span two primary categories:

1.     Strengthening the Palestinian narrative and crafting media discourse directed at foreign/international audiences

2.     Strengthening psychological and media warfare against rivals and enemies, and conducting propaganda against the occupation, with support and protection 

The distribution reveals significant resource allocation toward public-facing propaganda, with 35 projects accounting for 266 activities budgeted at $1.04 million, compared to 12 internal projects budgeted at $1.2 million.

LASER BEAM now operational

 

ISRAEL'S IRON BEAM REPORTEDLY INTERCEPTS ROCKETS AND UAVs: Multiple credible Israeli and international defense outlets report that Israel’s Iron Beam laser air defense system successfully intercepted rockets overnight and UAVs this morning Feb 26th along the northern border, amid renewed Hezbollah attacks from Lebanon. Footage circulating on social media shows a drone interception that is consistent with the system’s reported capabilities.

 

Iron Beam was declared operational in September 2025 and delivered to the IDF in December 2025 as a complementary layer to Iron Dome, designed to counter short-range threats such as rockets, mortars, and drones at very low cost per interception, primarily electricity. While some tactical details remain pending formal IDF confirmation, there are no conflicting reports regarding the interceptions, and the reporting describes this as the first combat employment of a high-energy laser air defense system in an active conflict.

Trump's Opening Statement at Start of War With Iran

 We have just begun large-scale offensive actions in Iran. Our goal is to protect the American people by eliminating the immediate threats posed by the Iranian regime.

The Iranian regime is an evil group of cruel and wicked people.

The threatening activity of the Iranian regime endangers the United States, our soldiers, our bases abroad, and our allies around the world.

For the past 47 years, the Iranian regime has chanted slogans like "Death to America."

The Iranian regime has waged an unrelenting campaign of mass slaughter against the United States, our soldiers, and innocent civilians in many countries.

Groups supported by Iran carried out the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 American service members in 2000.

Representatives of the regime have continued to carry out attacks against American forces stationed in the Middle East in recent years.

The Iranian regime has been funding mass terrorism, and we will tolerate it no longer.

Iranian forces have killed and wounded hundreds of American soldiers in Iraq. Iran is the number one sponsor of terror in the world

Iran has tried to rebuild its nuclear program and develop long-range missiles that threaten our allies in Europe and our forces abroad.

Iran has tried to continue developing long-range missiles that may soon reach American soil.

Imagine how powerful the Iranian regime would be if it possessed nuclear weapons as a means to deliver its message.

Our military is conducting a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this radical dictatorship from threatening America and our security interests.

Israel Under Attack

 

Inside Hamas's Sophisticated Media Empire Waging Psychological Warfare

 Jewish Onliner Feb 23, 2026

From Hamas documents seized by the IDF in Gaza, it is clear that Hamas maintains centralized managerial, financial, and strategic control over a broad media ecosystem, including outlets presented publicly as “independent.”

A report, provides an unprecedented window into how the Palestinian terrorist organization coordinates its information warfare against Israel and the broader international community.

At the heart of Hamas’s strategy lies what Israeli analysts term a “hybrid” media ecosystem—a deliberately constructed system designed to create the appearance of press diversity while maintaining absolute editorial control.  The report states. “It is designed to allow Hamas to appear to advocate for media pluralism, while in fact it fully controls the media discourse.” This arrangement also provides the organization with diplomatic and operational flexibility, including the ability to circumvent sanctions and deny association with extreme content by attributing it to “independent” outlets. 

The information department, led by Ali Al-Amoudi, maintains oversight of the entire ecosystem through regular inspections and coordination meetings designed to ensure all media activity aligns with Hamas’s broader strategic messaging and tactical objectives.

Detailed Strategic Blueprint: 25 Projects and $2.24 Million

Perhaps most revealing is captured documents outlining Hamas’s operational plan for 2022-2025, which breaks down the organization’s media strategy into 25 major projects with measurable goals, specific content quotas, assigned budgets, and detailed timelines. The plan’s total budget is listed as $2,240,660, funded through an approved budget of $1,131,160 and an additional overage/exceptional budget of $1,109,000.

 

The projects span two primary categories: Strengthening the Palestinian narrative and strengthening psychological and media warfare against rivals and enemies, and conducting propaganda against the occupation, with support and protection

The distribution reveals significant resource allocation toward public-facing propaganda, with 35 projects accounting for 266 activities budgeted at $1.04 million, compared to 12 internal projects budgeted at $1.2 million.

Psychological Warfare Against Israel and Internal Demoralization

The strategy includes explicit programs for conducting psychological warfare against Israeli society. ” Hamas details tactics including the creation of fabricated news reports, production of satirical content designed to mock Israeli leaders, generation of videos highlighting supposed Israeli military failures, and deployment of targeted paid advertising on social media platforms aimed directly at Israeli audiences in specific geographic regions.

Aggressive Campaign Against Arab Normalization

Hamas’s strategy identifies opposition to Arab-Israeli normalization agreements as a central strategic front. The captured documents reveal coordinated campaigns including the creation of “blacklists” of individuals and organizations engaged in normalizing relations with Israel.

Tailored Narratives for Western Audiences

A significant resource allocation targets Western audiences, with projects focused on developing English-language content and establishing dedicated media infrastructure. Hamas invested in maintaining English-language news websites, publishing weekly reports like “Palestine Report,” recruiting international writers and activists sympathetic to the Palestinian narrative, and training English-speaking spokespeople. The organization even established dedicated “media incubators” for Gaza-based university students studying English.

Financial Dysfunction and External Dependencies

Internal audit reports from Hamas’s Finance Department reveal substantial financial problems plaguing the media network. The audits exposed that 87 percent of Shehab’s customer debts were uncollected old debts totaling over $108,000 USD. 

According to the findings, these outlets depend entirely on direct funding from Hamas, with evidence suggesting financial flows through Turkey. The audits found that supposedly independent outlets maintain no independent financial reporting systems and are completely integrated into Hamas’s central financial apparatus.

Inherent Antisemitic Bias Exposed

 (With thanks to Jayne Wynick  www.voicefromtheheartbook.com )

The inherent antisemitic bias in NGOs an aid agencies is slowly starting to be exposed.

Doctors Without Borders have just pulled out of Gaza after seeing the abuses in Nasser hospital by Hamas who use the hospital as a base for what they call ‘unacceptable acts by armed men’

The former CEO of Oxfam has called out their antisemitism and how they politically accused Israel of Genocide with no base of reality. She is taking legal action against them.

Another report has said that many NGOs have been waiting for a time to accuse Israel of genocide. Oct 7 was that time but without any basis.

Let’s not forget that Amnesty International wanted to change the definition of genocide because, inconveniently Israel’s defensive war against Hamas did no fall into the current definition .

Of course these events get nil to little coverage and do nothing to dent the hate .

Meanwhile in Gaza Hamas are resisting any attempts to disarm. They are arguing that it should only be large weaponry that can reach Israel but they should be allowed to keep their guns etc as these are needed to keep the people on order on the streets. The same weapons that they are constantly using on Israeli soldiers stationed at the ceasefire line, constantly breaking a ceasefire they have no intention of upholding.

News also came out that they forcefully evacuated a small encampment of civilians from their tents in order to house Hamas. Showing just how they use these weapons on their own citizens.

The Palestinian Authority have just updated their constitution and talk about how there will be no free elections until the land is from the river to the sea. And how the Palestinian Authority will always be the ultimate power on Palestine. So no elections until they have taken all of Israel and even then there can only be one power on Palestine- very democratic.

So as the Gaza plan for peace talk about rebuilding, it is in plain sight that nothing will change unless Hamas goes. And Hamas will not go until the international community forces them to disarm properly and ensures their hold on Gaza ends. We cannot keep ignoring the reality of Hamas, of the collusion of aid agencies and of the inherent antisemitism within these agencies.

By not seeing reality no one is actually helping Gazans to move towards a functional healthy society where perhaps future generations can live a life without hate. The only way to free Gaza is to stand up to Hamas but no one seems to want to admit how low this priority is. As ever, the truth that both Israel and Gaza are just pawns in a wider world fight for order can be seen loud and clear if anyone cares to look

Hamas Using Women and Children to test the IDF Yellow Line

(World Israel News Staff) 

Hamas is ratcheting up its operations along the ceasefire line inside of the Gaza Strip, according to a report by Israel’s Galei Tzahal radio, with increasingly daring attempts to infiltrate the Israeli-controlled side.

Soldiers from the IDF’s Alexandroni Brigade told Galei Tzahal that Hamas has begun systematically testing IDF forces along the Yellow Line on a daily basis, often using women and children to probe for weak spots in the IDF’s defenses.

One Brigade soldier told Galei Tzahal that the use of civilians by Hamas to test for holes in the army’s defensive line creates a “dilemma” for soldiers.

“When there is an armed terrorist who poses a threat, there is no dilemma,” he said. “The dilemma arises when you see women and children. We are still a humanitarian army.”

While unarmed civilians are frequently spotted attempting to cross the Yellow Line, soldiers added that there are also regular infiltration attempts by armed terrorists carrying assault rifles, pistols, and at times even axes.

The increased incidence of small infiltration attempts has raised fears that Hamas could be preparing for a major infiltration, possibly by an elite terrorist unit, such as a company of Nukhba Force terrorists.

Israeli officers deployed to Gaza warned that Hamas “is reconstituting itself, growing stronger” during the ceasefire.

Hamas “has replaced the commanders who were eliminated and is far from raising the white flag.”

There are still a number of active tunnel networks near the Yellow Line, IDF commanders said, with one commenting that “no matter how many tunnels you may think there are, there are always even more.”