May. 25, 2021 3:18 PM WhatsApp, the popular messaging service owned by Facebook, has blocked the accounts of at least 30 far-right Jewish extremists in Israel. The news comes less than a day after accounts of journalists based in the Gaza Strip were also blocked, allegedly due to their membership in WhatsApp groups operated by Hamas. Among the accounts blocked were those belonging to activists from the far-right Kahanist Otzma Yehudit party, including the wife of its leader Itamar Ben-Gvir and the head of the group Lehava, Benzi Gopstein. They said they did not get prior notice before being blocked from their accounts and have still to receive any explanation.