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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

Associated Press

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
Palestinian journalists carry mock coffins of Palestinian journalists who were killed during the current war in Gaza during a symbolic funeral toward a United Nations office, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, November 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
March 1, 2024, 4:12 pm
Journalism leaders express support for Gaza reporters, ask for more protection
Signees include journalists from The Associated Press, New York Times, Washington Post and Israel’s Haaretz, among several others
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians from the Gaza Strip enter Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023, amid a massive assault by the Hamas terror group. (AP/Hassan Eslaiah)
November 11, 2023, 9:42 am
Watchdog accepts news orgs weren’t tipped off about Oct. 7: We just ‘raised questions’
Reuters: HonestReporting’s ‘baseless speculation’ poses ‘grave risks to journalists’ after group insinuated photographers working with outlets may have had prior knowledge of assault
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Palestinians from the Gaza Strip enter Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, 2023, amid a massive assault by the Hamas terror group. (AP/Hassan Eslaiah)
November 9, 2023, 3:04 pm
Israel demands clarification from global media over photographers during Hamas assault
AP, Reuters, NY Times deny any prior knowledge, say their job is to cover news; CNN suspends ties with freelancer; Israel warns those present could be held accountable for crimes
By Stuart Winer
Smoke rises from the Al-Jalaa tower in Gaza City, which housed apartments and several media outlets, including The Associated Press and Al Jazeera, after an Israeli airstrike, May 15, 2021. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
July 6, 2022, 8:34 am
AP opens new Gaza bureau; last one was in tower destroyed by Israel in 2021 conflict
‘Resilient Gaza team has never wavered,’ news agency’s president says; Israel destroyed the Al-Jalaa building where AP’s previous bureau was, saying Hamas also operated there
By Ron Kampeas
AP photographer Mahmoud Illean reacts after being attacked by Israeli security forces during the coverage of a demonstration in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on December 17, 2021. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP)
December 17, 2021, 7:35 pm
Press watchdog protests after police assault AP photographer in East Jerusalem
Mahmoud Illean says he identified himself as a journalist, but officers still pushed him to the ground, punched him repeatedly; FPA says he is hospitalized with head injuries
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
People gather to view the rubble of the al-Jalaa building in Gaza City, Friday, May 21, 2021. The building housed The Associated Press bureau in Gaza City for 15 years. (AP/John Minchillo)
October 25, 2021, 1:30 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 25 – Is Israel facing a new set of PR blunders?
Political correspondent Tal Schneider and military reporter Judah Ari Gross discuss possible public diplomacy missteps on Gaza, Palestinian NGOs, and an aviation database
By ToI Staff
A thick column of smoke rises from the al-Jalaa Tower as it is destroyed in an Israeli airstrike after the IDF warned the occupants to leave, Gaza City, May 15, 2021. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
October 24, 2021, 9:54 pm
Former IDF general: Bombing AP tower in Gaza in May conflict was an ‘own goal’
Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon, who led military’s probe into PR issues related to the operation, says bringing down the 12-story building caused Israel more harm than good
By Judah Ari Gross
Fire and smoke rise from the al-Jalaa Tower, which housed the offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera, as it is destroyed in an Israeli airstrike after the IDF warned the occupants to leave a building it said was a Hamas asset, Gaza City, May 15, 2021. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
August 23, 2021, 12:38 pm
Human Rights Watch says Israeli strike on Gaza high-rise broke international law
NY-based group accuses IDF of damaging neighboring buildings, leaving dozens homeless and destroying scores of businesses; Israel has said building was Hamas military asset
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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