Journalists given rare, limited glimpse of Gaza City under Israel military supervision - AP Explains

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(4 Oct 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++PLEASE NOTE THIS MATERIAL WAS SHOT BY AN AP VIDEOGRAPHER EMBEDDED WITH ISRAELI FORCES. AS A CONDITION OF THE EMBED, THE AP AGREED TO SUBMIT THE MATERIAL TO THE ISRAELI MILITARY CENSOR, WHICH MADE DELETIONS++ ++PART MUTE++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Southern Israel - 3 October 2025 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Mednick, The Associated Press: "We're with the Israeli army and we are about to cross from southern Israel into the Gaza Strip. We're going to enter through the Netzarim corridor. This is an area that bisects northern Gaza from southern Gaza." ASSOCIATED PRESS Netzarim, Gaza Strip - 3 October 2025 2. Various of camera traveling, smoke seen from distance 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Mednick, The Associated Press: "There's flattened, what looks like they used to be, buildings. This whole route along the Netzarim corridor is just littered with debris." 4. Various of destroyed buildings seen on the road ASSOCIATED PRESS Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 3 October 2025 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Mednick, The Associated Press: "So we just arrived in one of these APCs (armoured personnel carrier), where we drove here to Gaza City, near the Jordanian Hospital, and driving in the APC you could see the soldiers they were looking at the screens in front of them where they could see if there were any people in any of the buildings, and you could see on the screens that there was some movement of civilians in those buildings and the soldiers said that it's hard sometimes to know who's a fighter and who's not. They say they try to look for guns." 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Mednick, The Associated Press: "And you can hear the explosions and the artillery on a constant basis, pretty much every few minutes, you can just hear it going on and on." AGENCY POOL (AFP) Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 3 October 2025 ++DRONE IMAGES MUTE++ 7. Various aerial shot views of the Jordanian hospital in Gaza City 8. Various of what the Israeli army says is the entrance to an underground structure near the Jordanian hospital in Gaza City 9. Aerial shot view of the Jordanian hospital in Gaza City ASSOCIATED PRESS Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 3 October 2025 10. Various of machinery working near the Jordanian hospital (seen on the right side) 11. Various of destruction and behind Jordanian hospital 12. Screen showing drone footage that the Israeli army said shows a tunnel under the Jordanian hospital 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Mednick, The Associated Press "We're here in Gaza City. You can see here the absolute destruction that has happened. Israel has said that it just found a tunnel underneath a Jordanian hospital that Hamas was using to create weapons. This is part of Israel's offensive into Gaza City. It says it wants to get the hostages back and wants to dismantle Hamas and it wants to get rid of Hamas, and they're saying that they are here in Gaza City. They're saying Hamas is still fighting back, that they're using snipers, that they're using IEDs, but there are tens of thousands of people still in Gaza City, and this week Israel's Defense Ministry had said that if people do not leave they are going to be considered supporters of Hamas. Israel's army said they are doing everything they can not to hurt civilians, but it's unclear how they're going to continue this offensive while people are still sheltering here. Palestinians are absolutely exacerbated from this war, and they are waiting to see how US President Donald Trump's newest proposal is going to be implemented." ASSOCIATED PRESS Netzarim, Gaza Strip - 3 October 2025 STORYLINE: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/28c82f1f94ea464795817b63ca6bf550