A Critical Discourse Analysis of BBC News Headlines about Al-Aqsa Flood Operation against Israel

This study aims to examine the portrayal of hamas in the headlines of the bbc agency, to reveal the linguistic representation and any underlying ideology. this study will analyze (21) headlines related to the al-aqsa flood operation against israel. leeuwen's model is used to analyzes the headlines to answer the study's questions. this analysis concludes that hamas is more frequently included rather than excluded. hamas is represented as a negative entity by different strategies like categories: generalization, assimilation, association, determination, identification, functionalization personalization, activation, and passivation. the bbc frequently uses negative vocabulary, such as control, capture, seize, attack, fall, assault and kill to portray hamas forces as assailants, which is the source of this negative mindset. according to the investigation, the bbc agency showed hamas as an active and dynamic social player on a negative level.