Israeli troops raided Al Jazeera’s offices in Ramallah, the occupied West Bank, and ordered them closed for 45 days.
Earlier on Sunday, heavily armed and masked Israeli soldiers were shown entering the building in a live broadcast.
Viewers saw the army hand the closure order to Walid Omari, the network’s West Bank bureau chief, who read the order live.
Israel raided Al Jazeera’s offices in Nazareth and seized east Jerusalem in May, saying the Qatar-based broadcaster posed a threat to national security.
“The goal of targeting journalists in this way is always to obliterate the truth and prevent people from hearing it,” Omari said in comments reported by his employer.
Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Al Safin said soldiers confiscated the last microphone and camera on the street outside and forced Omari to leave the office.
Al-Safin posted about the attack on social media, saying troops also tore down a poster of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqla, who was covering Israeli forces in the West Bank was killed during the attack.
The network and witnesses at the time said the Palestinian-American journalist was shot dead by Israeli forces. Israel initially argued she was shot dead by a Palestinian, but months later The conclusion is that “it’s very likely” A soldier killed her.
Relations between the Qatari-owned broadcaster and the Israeli government have long been tense but soured sharply after the Gaza war broke out.
Al Jazeera’s staff in the region are among the only journalists able to cover the war on the ground as foreign journalists are banned from the region.
Israel has repeatedly called the network a terrorist mouthpiece, a charge Al Jazeera denies.
AprilLater, the Knesset passed a law giving the government the power to temporarily shut down foreign broadcasters deemed to pose a threat to national security during the war.
As Sunday’s raid showed, the ban is valid for 45 days and can be extended.
In early May, Al Jazeera stationed nazareth and occupied east jerusalem Attacked individually.
Israel has yet to comment on Sunday’s action.
