Israel allegedly purchased the Hamas.com website as part of its propaganda against the Palestinian militant group, which killed thousands of Israelis and injured hundreds of them.
The Hamas website—with the domain "hamas.com"—was first spotted by Haaretz, an Israeli news organization, on Nov. 19. However, the source clarified that the domain was already registered since December 1999.
It only became active again after it was purchased earlier in November after the deadly Hamas terrorist attack on Oct. 7.
Israel Allegedly Buys Hamas.Com Website as Part of Propaganda
The Daily Dot reported that the new Hamas website is pretty suspicious, and there are numerous reasons why.
One of these is the Hamas.com page is not the official website of the Palestinian militant group. Hamas' official webpage has the domain "hamas.ps," which has been down since Oct. 8.
The Indian Cyber Force claimed that they were the ones who breached the terrorist organization's official online site. Another thing suspicious about Hamas.com is that most X accounts (formerly Twitter) that share it are linked to the Israeli government.
Here are some of the X accounts connected to Israel that shared screenshots and links to the Hamas.com webpage:
Interesting. Someone purchased the domain name https://t.co/7msN13iqLQ and uploaded many of the October 7th footage pic.twitter.com/ndVQ84Csk8
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) November 20, 2023
Freedom fighters?
— Israel ישראל (@Israel) November 20, 2023
Not even close.
𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬. 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬.https://t.co/QOzZnG7ii2 pic.twitter.com/dKKLmTHzO5
Joe Truzman, a Palestine-focused research analyst, said that the Palestinian militant group was forced to issue a proclamation of fake news because of the newly established website.
"Hamas has been forced to issue a proclamation of fake news or, in this case, forged news, that the website Hamas.com does not belong to the organization," said Truzma via his official X post.
Aside from these, another factor proving that Hamas.com is not owned by Hamas terrorists is that the website uses SpaceX launch images to depict the missiles fired by the militant organization.
Among many amusing things about this website, I'd just like to note that this photo of a "Hamas missile" on https://t.co/ct7uCq9XeT is actually a stock image of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch. https://t.co/3icNAvhbJH pic.twitter.com/4mHrsfDezT
— Aysha Khan (@ayshabkhan) November 23, 2023
Many netizens quickly noticed it, saying that it is amusing how the website claims that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch is a Hamas missile.
What Hamas.Com Contains
If you visit the Hamas.com website, you will see on the front page that the webpage describes the militant group as an Islamic resistance movement that aims to liberate Palestinians by "all possible means."
Once you scroll down, you will see details about the Oct. 7 terrorist attack. These include the numbers of civilians killed, captured hostages, and injured Israelis.
What's worse about this website is that it also shows photos of babies that were murdered and burnt alive by terrorists, as well as burned Jewish houses.
The last image section is a collection of Hamas missiles fired against major cities and villages in Israel; the thumbnail is an image of a SpaceX rocket launch.
If you want to learn more about the Hamas.com website, you can click this link (viewers' discretion is advised).
