Israeli police raid Al Jazeera office in Jerusalem hotel

A video circulated online showed plainclothes officers dismantling camera equipment in a hotel room.

Jerusalem: Israeli police raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its de facto office on Sunday following a government decision to shutter the Qatari-owned TV station's local operations, an Israeli official and an Al Jazeera source told Reuters.

Video circulated online showed plainclothes officers dismantling camera equipment in a hotel room. The Al Jazeera source said the hotel was in East Jerusalem.