The Israeli Ministry of Communications said it has return camera and broadcasting equipment it seized from The Associated Press on Tuesday, reversing an earlier decision to shut down the news organization’s live broadcast of the embattled Gaza Strip.
The Israeli ministry originally seized the broadcast equipment on the premise that The Associated Press, an international news wire service, had allowed Al Jazeera to rebroadcast its Gaza war footage. Israeli authorities ordered Al Jazeera to cease operations in Israel earlier this month, concluding the broadcaster posed a threat to Israeli national security.
