| Programming | |
|---|---|
| Language | Arabic |
| Network | al-Aqsa Media Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |  Hamas |
| Links | |
| Website | alaqsavoice |
Al-Aqsa Voice Radio (Arabic:إذاعة صوت الأقصى); is a radio station run byHamas based in Gaza City, Gaza,Palestine. Together with sister operationAl-Aqsa TV, it is seen as one of the most influential outlets promulgating Hamas's narrative to residents of Gaza since theSecond Intifada.
Al-Aqsa is a radio station run byHamas.[1] It broadcasts news and religious programming. It was established in June 2003.[2] The station is based in offices overlooking the Mediterranean Sea inGaza City.[3]
The radio station, along with its sister operationAl-Aqsa TV "has massaged and promulgated the Hamas narrative" since theSecond Intifada. According toThe Washington Post, Al-Aqsa is the most influential and far-reaching radio station in Gaza, "essentially Gaza's official state media." Ibrahim Daher, the station's director, has claimed the station's coverage is the leading reason behind Hamas's popularity in Gaza, including by not reporting on negative news about Hamas.[3]
According to the IsraeliShin Bet, Hamas has attempted to incite members in the West Bank to commit attacks via the radio station.[4]
In 2019, the Shin Bet discovered that an antenna located on a position shared byHezbollah and theLebanese Army inMarwahin, Lebanon, on the Israel-Lebanon border, had been broadcasting Al-Aqsa's signal from Lebanon into Israel. The broadcasts included messages to Hamas prisoners and could be accessed in Israeli prisons in theCentral District andNorth District. Israel submitted an official complaint to theInternational Telecommunication Union.[4]
