14 DAY TRIAL // The satellite communication of the Channel 10 TV station in Israel has been hijacked for a few minutes on Monday by the military wing of the Hamas organization.
It appears that responsible for the incident were the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, who managed to take over the satellite broadcast of the TV station and feed the tuned in viewers images of wounded people from Israeli air-strikes on Gaza area.
They also broadcast a message saying that retaliating actions would be deployed if the government did not put a stop to the campaign.
“Your government chose the opening hour of this campaign. If your government does not agree to our terms, then prepare yourself for an extended stay in shelters,” read the message that was displayed along with the images of the wounded.
Since they hijacked the satellite transmission, viewers receiving the station through digital converters were not exposed to the incident.
This is not the first time Channel 10’s broadcast has fallen into the hands of Hamas; Israel National News reports that back in 2012 a similar attack, which also affected Channel 2, occurred during Operation Pillar of Defense, an 8-day military operation of the Israel Defense Forces on the Gaza Strip.
A short video of the live broadcast takeover has been published online.
