
Sam Mednick
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Associated Press correspondent for Israel and the Palestinian territories. Former West & Central Africa & South Sudan. Watch my @TEDx https://t.co/fPkFbhrO70
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Joined February 2017
US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammunition as Palestinians seek food in #Gaza. The AP has obtained videos of a food-distribution site in Gaza and interviewed two American contractors working there.
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The testimonies & videos offer a rare glimpse inside the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly created, American organization backed by Israel to feed Gaza's population w/@FrankelJulia .
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A confidential brief to the ICC, seen exclusively by AP, accuses Wagner of promoting atrocities. It asserts that Wagner has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities including ones alluding to cannibalism w/@MonikaPronczuk
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Shootings have erupted nearly daily this week in the vicinity of new aid hubs in #Gaza. Witnesses say nearby Israeli troops have opened fire. Hospital officials say at least 80 people have been killed and hundreds wounded. Here's what we know.
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Israeli soldiers and former detainees tell AP Israel’s use of human shields in #Gaza is widespread. Orders often came from the top, and at times nearly every platoon used a Palestinian to clear locations, said an Israeli officer. W/@sammymagdy.
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#Gaza children are sent back to war zone following medical care after Jordan rejects requests to stay. Rights groups warn that forcing the children to go back to a war zone is a possible violation of international law.
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Food security experts warn #Gaza is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn’t end its blockade. Nearly a half million Palestinians are in “catastrophic” levels of hunger, meaning they face possible starvation.
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A US-backed group seeks to take over #Gaza aid distribution in a plan similar to Israel’s. The proposal reveals for the first time plans to create a foundation & names the people leading it.
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Aid groups working in #Gaza fear an Israeli proposal for controlling aid will forcibly displace people and could push them into “de facto internment conditions". We obtained more than 40 pages of notes summarizing Israel’s proposals and aid groups’ concerns about them.
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