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The equipment had been used for live-broadcasting views of Gaza. Israel accused AP of violating a new media law, alleging that AP supplied images to Al Jazeera , a Qatari news outlet that was recently banned in Israel after the passage of a media law granting officials the authority to shut down any media outlet deemed to endanger Israeli national security. Israel’s Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi initially claimed AP was disclosing troop locations, thereby creating a security risk.
“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,” Lauren Easton, the wire's chief communications officer, said in a statement. “The shutdown was not based on the content of the feed but rather an abusive use...
In a post on X, Karhi maintained the media equipment was used to disclose the location of troops in northern Gaza and created a security risk by sharing that information with Al Jazeera... Israeli officials have reversed a decision to seize journalism equipment from the Associated Press on Tuesday in a move that had initially been widely criticized.
The AP had been sharing its broadcast feed of northern Gaza with al Jazeera, as it does with thousands of other news outlets across the globe, but the Israeli government recently closed the outlet’s broadcaster operations earlier this month after passing a new law, citing national security concerns.
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