As press freedoms decline in Israel, people there see the war differently from the rest of the world
Israel’s brief seizure of The Associated Press’s video equipment last week may have proven to be a step too far in the government’s limiting of press freedoms amid the war in Gaza.
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![Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp area housing internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. Hamas and the Palestinian Authority said Israeli strikes on a centre for displaced people killed dozens near the southern city of Rafah on May 26, while the Israeli army said it had targeted Hamas militants. A boy stands in front of the wreckage of a burned vehicle destroyed in an airstrike, with ash and burned clothing strewn on the ground, while a crowd of people examines the scene in the background.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7218929.1717028730!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/gaza-rafah-airstrike-aftermath-may-27.jpg)
Israel’s brief seizure of The Associated Press’s video equipment last week may have proven to be a step too far in the government’s limiting of press freedoms amid the war in Gaza.