Survivors of the horrific October 7 attacks in Israel are taking legal action against media outlet the Associated Press (AP) for allegedly assisting the terror organization Hamas by employing freelance photojournalists who are accused of being embedded with the Hamas terrorists and documenting their atrocious attacks.
Lawyers from the National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC), a nonprofit organization, are representing the survivors. The lawyers allege that the major media company has materially supported terrorism by paying photojournalists associated with Hamas for images taken during and immediately after the Oct. 7 massacre.
Lawyers from the National Jewish Advocacy Center (NJAC), a nonprofit organization, are representing the survivors, Israeli American and American attendees of the Nova music festival attacked by Hamas. Relatives of the victims have initiated legal action against the news agency for compensation under the Antiterrorism Act, as stated in the federal lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Florida on Wednesday evening.
Foreign Desk News reports that the lawyers allege that the major media company has materially supported terrorism by paying photojournalists associated with Hamas for images taken during and immediately after the Oct. 7 massacre.
The lawyers allege that the major media company has materially supported terrorism by paying photojournalists associated with Hamas for images taken during and immediately after the Oct. 7 massacre.
The complaint adds that there is “no doubt that AP’s photographers participated in the October 7 massacre and that AP knew, or at the very least should have known, through simple due diligence, that the people they were paying were longstanding Hamas affiliates and full participants in the terrorist attack that they were also documenting.”
The lawsuit primarily revolves around a particular photojournalist named Hassan Eslaiah, but also mentions four independent photographers whose photographs were bought and published by the AP, alleging that these individuals are acknowledged associates of Hamas who “gleefully embedded with the Hamas terrorists during the October 7 attacks.”
Even prior to the violent invasion of Israel by terrorist groups, Eslaiah faced accusations of being associated with Hamas. The lawsuit alleges that Eslaiah was in close proximity to Hamas militants as they carried out attacks on innocent Israelis. The Associated Press terminated its relationship with Eslaiah in November.
The photojournalist captured some of the earliest and most extensive images of the Hamas attack from the location.