British counter-terror police have blocked a video game that allows players to recreate Hamas's Oct 7 attacks on Israel. The police have ordered Steam, an online video game marketplace, to remove Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque
from its UK store. The game drew the attention of terror police because it included scenes of players paragliding into an Israeli army base and killing soldiers. Although the game does not refer to Hamas directly, a trailer displays Israeli
soldiers being shot in the head by terrorists wearing green Hamas-style headbands. Nidal Nijm, the game's Brazilian-Palestinian creator, said in a statement on Steam's website: The request to block my game in
the UK came from the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU). So this is clear that UK authorities consider my game as 'terrorist' propaganda.
Despite being blocked in Austria, Germany and the UK, the video game remains on sale
in the US for $14.99 (£12). A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: The Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) is a national Counter Terrorism Policing unit based within the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, which is dedicated to the assessment
of potential terrorist and extremist material found online by the public. | 
