We are talking about a “reporter” who was put in the sanctions list because he has been working as a propagandist for the Russian Federation. He has also been writing about Gaza, but his main job has not been delivering real news, but help the Russia in its war against Ukraine.

He was not sanctioned for his Gaza journalism. (Although yes, as @smoothoperator@lemmy.world said, it is worrying that the text about his sanctioning mentions Palestine the way it does!)