The instruction to Eutelsat came from regulator Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA).

The channel has been active since 2006 and includes broadcasts from a studio in Gaza.  Its signals were carried by Eutelsat from its Eutelsat 8 West B craft.

“In light of the massacres being committed against our people in the Gaza Strip as they are unwearyingly and steadfastly fighting in Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, and in line with continued targeting and killing of journalists in Gaza, the French company responsible for Eutelsat satellite made the decision to block the channel’s broadcast,” Al-Aqsa TV said in a statement.

“The channel was taken off air in response to pressure from the French government and submission to the occupying Zionist regime,” it added.