Al-Quds TV ( ar, قناة القدس) was a Palestinian satellite channel broadcast on Arab satellite

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and

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, which began broadcasting on November 11, 2008. The station is Pro-Palestinian editorially and is Hamas's second satellite TV channel, after

Al-Aqsa TV Al-Aqsa TV ( ar, قناة الأقصى) is a television channel run by Hamas, which is based in the Gaza Strip. Its programs include news and propaganda promoting Hamas, children's shows (such as ''Tomorrow's Pioneers'', that promotes violence ...

. It is licensed in London, with offices in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, Beirut and Damascus. The

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accused Al Quds of being a mouthpiece of

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. American news agencies such as ''

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'' and the

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describes Al-Quds TV as "pro-Hamas." On November 18, 2012, during

Operation Pillar of Cloud In November 2012, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Pillar of Defense ( he, עַמּוּד עָנָן, ''ʿAmúd ʿAnán'', literally: "Pillar of Cloud") which was an eight-day campaign in the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip, which beg ...

, Israel bombarded the office of the Al-Quds TV station in Gaza, injuring three staff.

Shutdown

On 10 Feb 2019, Al-Quds TV shutdown due to financial issues.Al-Quds TV faces shutdown
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