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A government supporter waves a flag honoring the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a revered figure in Shiite Islam, across from the Foreign Ministry in Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2026. (AP
April 6, 2026, 6:29 pm
A 12-hour drive through Iran offers glimpses of destruction, defiance and daily life
After crossing into Iran from Turkey, AP journalists see normality in cities yet untouched by the war, contrasted with the destruction in and around Tehran
By BASSEM MROUE
This frame grab taken from a video released by Reuters shows a man holding a journalist's camera equipment at Nasser Hospital shortly after the first of two rounds of Israeli strikes hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 25, 2025. (Reuters via AP)
September 6, 2025, 10:02 am
Analysis of footage from Nasser Hospital strike calls Israel’s account into question
AP notes IDF cited common photographers’ practice of shielding equipment from sun with a towel as ‘suspicious behavior’ that led to attack last month that killed 22, including 5 journalists
By AP and ToI Staff
People walk up the stairs to the site of an Israeli strike, minutes before a second strike hit the same spot, killing at least 22 people in total, including five journalists, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, August 25, 2025. This was one of the last photos taken by journalist Mariam Dagga, who freelanced for The Associated Press and other outlets, before she walked to the site and was killed in the second strike. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)
August 28, 2025, 11:27 am
AP journalist’s final pics show spot where she was killed by IDF at Nasser Hospital
Last images retrieved from Gaza freelancer Mariam Dagga’s camera show stairwell where Israeli tank shells hit, minutes before another strike killed her and several other journalists
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mourners carry the body of one of five journalists killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, during their funeral on August 25, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
August 25, 2025, 4:46 pm
IDF strike on south Gaza hospital said to kill 20, including rescuers and journalists
Footage from Nasser Hospital shows rescue workers at site of initial tank fire hit by second impact; IDF orders probe, says it ‘regrets any harm’ to civilians and ‘in no way’ targets journalists
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Demonstrators and journalists gather to protest against hunger in the Rimal district of Gaza City on July 19, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
July 24, 2025, 4:08 pm
Top news agencies urge Israel to let foreign press into Gaza, say reporters starving
Media groups call for ‘adequate food supplies’ to reach their employees as international organizations warn of growing hunger in Strip
By AFP and ToI Staff
People carry boxes of relief supplies distributed by the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation at an aid distribution center in the central Gaza Strip on May 29, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
June 3, 2025, 11:34 pm
IDF rejects ‘exaggerated’ Hamas claims of people killed by troops near Gaza aid site
Spokesman says army probing 3rd incident in as many days, acknowledges troops fired warning shots but insists they ‘didn’t hit that many people as far as we understand’
By Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg and Jacob Magid
Freelance journalist Hassan Eslaiah, whom the IDF has indentifed as a member of the Hamas terror group's Khan Younis Brigade, is seen in front of a burning IDF tank during the October 7, 2023, onslaught. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 11, 2025, 1:15 am
AP doubted reliability of Hamas-linked reporter years before Oct. 7, documents show
Internal communications released in lawsuit show newsroom was informed of freelancer’s work for pro-terror media in 2018, but continued to employ him
By Luke Tress
Freelance journalist Hassan Eslaiah, whom the IDF has indentifed as a member of the Hamas terror group's Khan Younis Brigade, is seen in front of a burning IDF tank during the October 7, 2023, onslaught. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 7, 2025, 5:43 pm
Airstrike targets, injures Gaza photographer who entered Israel with terrorists on Oct. 7
IDF says Hassan Eslaiah, who took pictures of Nir Oz invasion and burning tank for AP, is a Hamas operative; attack on Khan Younis press tent reportedly kills other reporter
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Family members visit the site of the Supernova music festival massacre, six month after the October 7 Hamas terror assault, in Re'im forest, near the Gaza border, April 7, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 25, 2024, 7:56 pm
AP says damages suit for use of Oct. 7 freelancer photo ‘fatal blow’ to press freedom
AP and Reuters call on Jerusalem court to dismiss lawsuit seeking NIS 25 million against the agencies for using photos taken by Palestinian freelancers during October 7 atrocities
By Jeremy Sharon
Communications Minister Shlomo Karai attends a protest of bereaved families of Israeli soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip calling for the continuation of the war, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, May 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 23, 2024, 4:46 pm
Communications minister seeks to blame Gallant for AP equipment seizure fiasco
Shlomo Karhi, who faced ridicule over his rapid U-turn, claims defense minister got ‘cold feet’ and was unwilling to say news agency’s live feed of Gaza endangered soldiers
By ToI Staff
A screenshot taken from AP video showing a general view of northern Gaza as seen from southern Israel, before it was seized by Israeli officials on May 21, 2024. (AP Photo)
May 22, 2024, 9:46 am
Brief block of AP live feed shows how ambiguity in law can restrict war coverage
Seizure of equipment broadcasting video of Gaza Strip was based on legislation targeting Al Jazeera network, raising concerns it could be used as a pretext to censor others
By David Bauder
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi arrives at a Likud faction meeting in the Knesset, January 8, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 22, 2024, 12:42 am
Karhi reverses decision to seize AP equipment that broadcasts live feed of Gaza
Live feed resumes hours after communications minister says confiscated camera, equipment being returned; AP welcomes reversal but concerned about government impeding press freedom
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A screenshot taken from AP video showing a general view of northern Gaza as seen from southern Israel, before it was seized by Israeli officials on May 21, 2024. (AP Photo)
May 21, 2024, 8:08 pm
Israel seizes AP equipment broadcasting live feed from Gaza, citing use by Al Jazeera
Communications Minister Karhi accuses the wire service of violating a new media law by providing images to banned Qatari network; US, Foreign Press Association criticize move
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinian terrorists drive to the Gaza Strip with what is believed to be the body of Shani Louk, on October 7, 2023. (AP/Ali Mahmud)
March 31, 2024, 1:53 pm
Shani Louk’s father defends award for photo of daughter’s abduction as ‘good thing’
Nissim Louk equates image with past historical images ‘that symbolize an era,’ but activists and friend of Nova massacre victim decry move as antisemitic, unethical
By Michael Horovitz
People visit the site of the Supernova music festival massacre in Re'im, January 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 5, 2024, 2:39 pm
Parents of Supernova festival victims sue AP and Reuters for NIS 25 million in damages
Lawsuit asserts that publication of photos taken of Hamas atrocities ‘in real time’ by photojournalists working with AP, Reuters means the agencies have ‘extended responsibility’
By Jeremy Sharon
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