Mustafa Moien Ayyash

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Mustafa Moien Ayyash
Born
Mustafa Moien Mahmoud Ayyash

(1992-09-18) September 18, 1992 (age 31)
Nuseirat refugee camp, Deir al-Balah Governorate, Gaza Strip, Palestine
NationalityPalestinian
Alma mater Al-Ahliyya Amman University
Karabük University
OccupationJournalism
Years active2006 - present
Known for Gaza Now

Mustafa Moien Mahmoud Ayyash, commonly known as Mustafa Moien Ayyash or Mustafa Ayyash, is a Palestinian journalist. He is the founder and director of the Palestinian news channel Gaza Now.

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Early life and education

Mustafa Moien Mahmoud Ayash was born in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip on September 18, 1992 in a Palestinian muslim family. [1]

2023 Israel–Hamas War

Gaza Now, the news agency established by Mustafa Ayyash in 2005, played a vital role to publish news about the 2023 Israel–Hamas war. His family was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, after Israeli aircraft targeted his home on November 22, 2023. His father, mother, spouses, children, sisters and their spouses and children, along with other displaced persons in his family home were killed. [2] [3] His brother Muhammad Ayyash, the photojournalist of the Gaza Now, was also killed during the attack. [4] The Permanent Observer of Palestine at the United Nations Salah Abdel-Shafi and Chairman of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh mourned the death of his family. [5] [6] The United Nations mistakenly used the name of Mustafa Ayyash instead of Muhammad Ayyash in a report on the killing of journalists in the Israel–Hamas war. [7] The killing of Mustafa Ayyash was not published anywhere except the UN report. The Israeli media used the report to make doubt on the Gaza Now after announcing the US sanction. [8] [9] Ayyash tried to file a complaint against Israel after his family was killed but the authorities declined to receive a complaint against Israel. [10]

Arrest and sanctions

The United States Department of the Treasury announced a sanction against Mustafa Ayyash on 27 March 2024. [11] [12] Britain also announced sanctions against him on the allegation of providing financial services to Hamas. [13]

Mustafa Ayyash was arrested by the Austrian Police on April 18, 2024 after the sanctions of the United States and Britain. The Austrian police also accessed his WhatsApp account, which was followed by 300,000 users, and closed it, in addition to closing the channel's Facebook pages and accounts, which were followed by 8 million users. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Counter Terrorism Designations; Counter Narcotics Designation Removal". US Department of Treasury. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Moeen Mustafa Ayyash". Palestinians Are Not Numbers. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  3. ↑ ""غزة الآن" تُعزي مديرها مصطفى عياش باستشهاد أفراد من عائلته وتدين الاستهداف الإسرائيلي العشوائي للمدنيين". Amman Net (in Arabic). 23 November 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "«عياش»..صحفي استُشهد 12 من أسرته في القصف الإسرائيلي". El Watan News (in Arabic). 28 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "سفارة فلسطين تُعزي بإستشهاد عائلة مصطفى عياش مدير موقع و قناة غزة الآن". Gaza Now (in Arabic). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "هنية يُعزي بإستشهاد عائلة مصطفى عياش مدير موقع و قناة غزة الان". Gaza Now (in Arabic). 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Killings of journalists and their family members in Gaza". United Nations . 14 December 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Mustafa Ayyash – Killed, Resurrected, Arrested". Truth of the Middle East. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "UN credibility on Israel, Palestinians 'in serious doubt,' after error about Gazan 'journalist'". Jewish News Syndicate. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Mustafa Ayyash – Killed, Resurrected, Arrested". Truth of the Middle East. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "US sanctions online media site Gaza Now and its founder for allegedly supporting Hamas". AP News. 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  12. ↑ "عن ديمقراطية تضيق على "غزة الآن"". Al Araby. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  13. ↑ "Financial Sanctions: Counter-Terrorism (Domestic)". Government of Isle Man. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  14. ↑ "Austria arrests director of Gaza-based news agency following intense Israeli pressure". Costal Digest. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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