Germany’s top-selling paper BILD claims photographers in Gaza are staging scenes to feed Hamas propaganda, with images sold to major Western outlets like CNN, New York Magazine, BBC, and Stern.
The report spotlights Anas Zayed Fteiha, a freelance photographer for Turkey’s Anadolu agency, who BILD says poses as a journalist but acts as a pro-Hamas propagandist—posting anti-Israel slogans and appearing in combat gear.
Historians and media experts quoted in the piece say Hamas controls all photojournalism in southern Gaza, ensuring only emotion-driven, anti-Israel images reach the West—while neutral or contextual photos are buried.
BILD accuses major media of blindly buying into this visual narrative, fueling sympathy for Hamas and demonizing Israel. As the paper puts it: Hamas is fighting with rockets—and with cameras. And in the image war, they’re winning.