Israeli Journalist and filmmaker Yuval Abraham has alleged that Israel’s military intelligence created a special unit to help justify attacks in Gaza, including the killing of journalists, Al Jazeera reports.

“After October 7, a team called the ‘Legitimisation Cell’ was established in AMAN,” Abraham said in a post on X.

“Intelligence personnel searched for information to provide ‘legitimisation’ for the army’s actions in Gaza, failed Hamas launches, use of human shields, exploitation of the civilian population.

“A primary mission … was to find Gazan journalists who could be portrayed in the media as Hamas operatives in disguise.”

He said the aim was to “whitewash the killing of all other journalists” by sowing doubt, adding that “entire days were invested in this matter, and they found nothing”.