A famous Egyptian sports journalist has said he will take legal action against Israel after a security debacle by the Shin Bet intelligence agency misidentified him as a commander in Hamas’s Rafah Brigade.
Mohamed Shabana said he will take “all necessary measures to legally sue [Israel] in the name of the Palestinian cause” in comments on MBC Masr TV‘s Al Hekaya show on Saturday.
“They used my name and my picture, and described me with bad traits, I am going to take all the measures,” he said.
His comments came after Israel’s military displayed the faces of its Hamas kill and wanted list, confusing the journalist with Hamas commander Muhammad Shabana, who carries the same name. ….more
