On February 8, The Globe and Mail further endorsed the Gaza-based writer Hasan Jaber as a valid source of news by publishing his article, “For one Palestinian, going back to Gaza through reopened Rafah was an ordeal.”

This is despite HonestReporting Canada having previously exposed Jaber as touting disinformation that is indistinguishable from Hamas talking points. In November 2023, just a few weeks after Hamas’s October 7 atrocities against Israel, he was quoted as saying that Israel was trying to kill “everyone.”

In October 2025, he whitewashed Hamas on the Globe and Mail’s podcast, casting them as a stabilizing force in Gaza. In November 2025, he again demonstrated his deep anti-Israel bias and capacity for disinformation by accusing Israel of wantonly killing Gazans at a wedding, without mentioning that the Israeli military didn’t know anything about it, and ignoring Hamas’ genocidal intentions toward Israel.

Yet the Globe and Mail continues to print his articles.

In his February 8 report, he wrote about Sabah Al-Raqab returning to Gaza, having been in Egypt while her daughter received medical treatment. After being there for 24 months, she returned once the Rafah crossing was opened, Jaber quoted her as saying that “the journey back to Gaza was harsher than we imagined… long hours of waiting, walking on dark roads, military checkpoints, harsh searches and threats.”

It indeed sounds like a difficult journey. What Jaber neglected to include are the reasons why those entering Gaza are not simply waved through. Hamas’s bestial actions on October 7, 2023, when they raped, murdered, and brutalized 1,200 innocents in Israel, taking 251 hostages, with much Gazan support, demonstrated their genocidal intentions to Israel. They have since refused to disarm, planning to rebuild and continue with their raison d’etre: the annihilation of Israel.

Therefore, those entering Gaza, particularly those who were able to live somewhere else, have to be thoroughly vetted and checked to ensure they are not going to contribute to the existential threat Israel faces from its neighbour.

Jaber also did not discuss that Israel allowing entry at all upholds the ceasefire agreement, even though Hamas has not met the precondition of disarmament.

He wrote of the reopening of the Rafah crossing, that “in the first few days, only 36 Palestinians requiring medical care were allowed to leave for Egypt, plus 62 companions, according to UN data. The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated that about 500 patients a day need to be evacuated from Gaza to reduce suffering. Around 200 patients are currently at the crossing waiting to leave.”

His chosen window contrasts with the report from COGAT – Israel’s body liaising with Gaza – who stated that the true figure is much higher, conveniently ignored by Jaber.

He likewise ignored that the “Palestinian Ministry of Health” is well-known to be a branch of Hamas, with a tendency to massage its figures to match its chosen message.

Jaber later added, “when entering Gaza, Al-Raqab said she was shocked at the destruction of whole neighbourhoods and the empty streets. She learned her own house was destroyed and some of her family members killed.”

Presenting her reaction as one of shock is bizarre. The war in Gaza has been heavily documented, much of it through residents’ cellphones. Sadness would be understandable, but shock is hard to understand.

Hasan Jaber, backed by The Globe and Mail, has once again written an article that neglects the full picture, and instead presents a heavily skewed one.