Israel closes Jerusalem offices of Al-jazeera

Israel says it is closing the offices of Al-jazeera in the Jewish state after Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, accused the Arab satellite news broadcaster of incitement.

“Al-jazeera has become the main tool of Daesh, Hamas, Hizbollah and Iran,” Ayoob Kara, communications minister, and a member of the Druze community from Mr Netanyahu’s Likud party, told a news conference.

An official at Al-jazeera in Doha said the channel “considers what it [Israel] has done is dangerous”.