Can't wait to hear the next headlines:
"AP reports that their seized equipment was damaged beyond repair"
And
"IDF apologies for inadvertent destruction of broadcast equipment during seizure"
Can't wait to hear the next headlines:
"AP reports that their seized equipment was damaged beyond repair"
And
"IDF apologies for inadvertent destruction of broadcast equipment during seizure"
"It's a war, you have to expect these kinds of things to happen!"
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Jerusalem — The Israeli government said it will return a camera and broadcasting equipment it had seized from The Associated Press on Tuesday, reversing course hours after it blocked the news organization's live video of Gaza and faced mounting criticism for interfering with independent journalism.
After Israel seized the AP equipment, the Biden administration, journalism organizations and an Israeli opposition leader condemned the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pressured it to reverse the decision.
Israel's communications minister, Shlomo Karhi, said late Tuesday on the social platform X: "I have now ordered to cancel the action and return the equipment to the AP."
"The Associated Press decries in the strongest terms the actions of the Israeli government to shut down our longstanding live feed showing a view into Gaza and seize AP equipment," said Lauren Easton, vice president of corporate communications at the news organization.
We urge the Israeli authorities to return our equipment and enable us to reinstate our live feed immediately so we can continue to provide this important visual journalism to thousands of media outlets around the world."
Al Jazeera is one of the few international news outlets that has remained in Gaza throughout the war, broadcasting scenes of airstrikes and overcrowded hospitals and accusing Israel of massacres.
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