Alwaght- Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, rebuked Facebook for closing some 120 pages and accounts that were in support of the Gaza-based movement.
Husam Badran, a Hamas spokesman, said in a statement that Facebook had closed more than 90 pages supporting Hamas, in addition to 30 personal accounts affiliated with the movement, Maan News Agency reported.
“This vicious campaign came after the launching of the 21st anniversary of the assassination of the first engineer of the Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, Yahya Ayyash,” Husam Badran said on Saturday.
Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades forms Hamas’ military wing, which has been defending blockaded Gaza against Israeli acts of aggression, including three deadly wars, over the past years.
The targeted content had been placed across the social network in commemoration of Ayyash, who was assassinated by Tel Aviv in 1996 with an explosive-laden cellular phone.
The Hamas spokesman further described the move as a “persistent collusion of the Facebook administration with Israeli occupation policies.”
This is while Facebook has withheld action against Israeli politicians and soldiers. Sami Abu Zuhri, another Hamas spokesman, said last July that the regime has, on numerous occasions, used the network to express “pride at the killing of Palestinians.”
According to Ma’an, Knesset, the Israeli parliament, is, meanwhile, advancing proposed legislation, empowering Tel Aviv to force Facebook to act against pro-Palestinian content.
