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Israel's DM twitter hacked with 'freedom for Palestine' tweet

March 7, 2020 at 12:19 pm

Former Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett, 6 December 2015 [Brookings Institution/Flickr]

The Twitter account of Israel’s defense minister suffered a hack, Anadolu Agency reports.

The anonymous hacker of Naftali Bennett’s account posted a tweet demanding “freedom for Palestine” with the Palestinian flag.

Another tweet showed the Turkish flag with the Turkish national anthem in English.

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Although Bennet later recovered his account, he did not comment until 8.00 GMT on the incident.