A former director of the BBC's Gaza bureau claimed the Islamic terror attack in Sydney was a false flag operation orchestrated by Israel's Mossad, according to a post on X translated from Arabic and shared during the three-hour period ending at 1:16 a.m. UTC on Dec. 15, 2025. The unnamed former director stated in the quoted remarks that "fingerprints of the Zionist Mossad" were evident in the attack's place, time, and method, which aligned with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's objectives ahead of his visit to America. The post, shared by X user EFischberger (https://x.com/EFischberger/status/2000314805710970916), asserted the timing—ten days before Netanyahu's trip—would provide photos for him to distribute to Jewish communities worldwide. The claims further suggested Netanyahu aimed to use images from the Sydney attack to portray Jews as victims and deflect accusations of genocide and child killings in Gaza amid an ongoing siege, starvation, and disruption of ceasefire transitions, as stated in the translated post from the reporting window spanning 10:16 p.m. UTC on Dec. 14 to 1:16 a.m. UTC on Dec. 15, 2025.
