Warning About "Gaza Now" Channel
Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.
Warning about the "Gaza Now" Channel
Dear brothers, yesterday I shared a post by our brother Ahmad bin Yusuf Al-Sayyid, in which he stated that the "Gaza Now" channel is not a reliable source and urged people to stop following it. In response, this channel today published a post asking anyone who knows me to demand that I delete my statement about them or the post I shared, saying: "Oh Sheikh Iyad, we follow you and this statement is incorrect. If a sinner brings you news, then verify it."
After that, I received many messages saying: "Perhaps you were hasty, perhaps you are talking about another channel." I would like to clarify, dear respected audience, that I know exactly what I am doing, and I am talking about this channel, "Gaza Now," which is on Telegram and the account on Facebook, and it is indeed an unreliable channel.
Reasons for Not Trusting the "Gaza Now" Channel
On what basis do I say this? Yesterday, one of the team members who helps me in the research team posted in the group: "Brothers, after verification, we would like to confirm to you that this channel is not reliable, Gaza Now is not reliable." I did not take this statement seriously, even though it came from a trusted brother.
Yesterday, our brother Ahmad bin Yusuf Al-Sayyid published this news. Why did he publish it in the first place? Because this channel engaged in an act that demonstrates its lack of credibility. It published a post yesterday, and some brothers rushed to verify it in the news channels but found no source for it. This is when people started talking about this channel and its previous actions. The channel then deleted this news item, deleting this false news. This is the beginning of the problem: they published false news and alerted people to it.
Testimonies and Verifications
Our brother Ahmad bin Yusuf Al-Sayyid was contacted and verified, and he confirmed that the problem is not just with this news item, but they have a long record of fabrication and forgery, fabricating news and lying, and sometimes talking about non-existent victories or defeats like these that do not exist.
When our brother Ahmad Al-Sayyid mentioned this, he published it in the group, and here the brothers started to get angry or talk about the problems of this channel. And for your information, one of those who spoke about it was our brother, the owner of the "Islamic Affairs" channel, who said that he has been following it for years and that he has stopped following it because it is full of lies, that it is full of lies and fabricates and forges.
In addition, other than the "Islamic Affairs" channel, our brother the writer Muhammad Al-Hami, collected money, God knows where it went. Therefore, dear respected audience, the issue was not just because our brother Ahmad bin Yusuf Al-Sayyid mentioned that it is a fabricated or lying channel. I verified before publishing what I published, many brothers confirmed this news.
Deleting the Archive and Forging Images
Now let's move on from all of this. Now what time is it? It is eight thirty-six or eight thirty-seven Mecca time. Please open the "Gaza Now" channel now. Let's open it together because God knows what will happen after you watch this video. I am now recording it at eight thirty-seven, perhaps by the time we publish it, it will be eight forty-five.
Open the "Gaza Now" channel directly, you will find that it has deleted all the previous archive, all the archive, and kept only today's news. Why? People have started to dig and extract its lies. I asked some brothers to: "Okay, bring me specific evidence so that we can expose all of it to the people." The brothers came to me with this evidence from past news, they told me: "All the archive has been deleted and only today's news remains." Why did the channel do this? Why did it delete all the archive and keep only today's news?
Therefore, dear respected audience, this channel is an unreliable channel, beware of it. Our brother Ahmad followed it in 2016 from Syria, the same picture that the channel recently presented as being from Palestine, that the occupation soldiers are pulling out the bodies of their dead, and this picture is from 2016. Therefore, dear respected audience, beware of this channel.
General Warning and Advice on Donations
And beware of donating to it, but beware of donating to entities you do not know and are certain of. And for myself, no one tells me: "I want to give you money to donate." I do not transfer donations to Gaza. Everyone should look for reliable sources or reliable knowledge for themselves. But beware completely of such channels.
The Situation at Al-Shifa Hospital
This is one point. And another point we say is news you may know now, that at Al-Shifa Hospital, fuel is almost running out and vital facilities are shutting down within hours. And we ask Allah the Almighty to expose and curse the oppressors and criminals and all those who conspire against our people in Gaza, and to save them, and to support the Muslims against the enemies of the religion and faith, and to enable us to support our brothers, and to remove the barriers between us and them.
Conclusion and Confirmation
I just wanted to clarify, dear respected audience, so be assured that your brother does not accuse anyone recklessly without verification. I did not publish the news yesterday until I saw that it was our brother Ahmad Al-Sayyid, our brother the owner of "Islamic Affairs," Dr. Muhammad Al-Hami also confirms this statement, brothers in my team, and there are many pieces of evidence of the lies of this channel. So beware of it. And Allah is the one we seek help from, and peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.