Staged photos in Gaza

Hamas, “otherwise, the impression easily arises that it's propaganda or a deliberate fabrication, and that has consequences”.

In the public's perception, these photographers are then placed close to combatants. That's brutally dangerous,” he said. “Once a name is circulating, these people receive death threats every second.”

So we should happily accept these staged photographs to protect the photographers? But of course he's conceding the point here: everything that comes out of Gaza is controlled by Hamas, under threat of death. We just have to pretend that's not true.