A UK-based TV channel has been accused of broadcasting open support for Hamas and the Hezbollah armed militia, despite being licenced by the media regulator.
LuaLua TV, which was banned from operating in the US over suspected links to the Iranian regime, carried interviews in which contributors described Hamas’ October 7 attack as a “step closer to victory” and “humiliating” for Israel.
But Ofcom, the regulatory authority for broadcasting in the UK, says it is unable to act over the content of LuaLua TV because it broadcasts only online.
Following the October 7 attacks, which killed 1,400 Israelis, including dozens of children, the channel showed an interview with Mustafa Al-Sawaf, a Palestinian writer and political researcher, in which he stated “what the Palestinian resistance has achieved today has exceeded all imaginations” and “we…
