Sam Mednick

Associated Press correspondent for Israel and the Palestinian territories. Former West & Central Africa & South Sudan. Watch my @TEDx

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An AP investigation's found that an Israeli group discreetly organized the mystery flights evacuating Palestinians from Gaza. The Israeli group's founder adamantly supported Trump’s proposal to resettle Palestinians, raising further questions about the motives behind the flights.

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The AP met three women who said they were abducted, held as sex slaves and forced to buy their freedom. https://t.co/b6sDVJpTsV

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Women say they were raped and ransomed by fighters in #Sudan’s ongoing war. The United Nations calls sexual violence one of the “most defining features” of Sudan’s war, now in its fourth year.

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It says sexual assaults have soared since the war began but it did not have data on assaults by combatants.

The U.N. says many women have been subject to sexual slavery and forced to pay ransoms for their release, sometimes up to $10,000.

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They say despite the ceasefire, the killings never stopped. One described teammates celebrating deaths and relishing the chance to go after those who crossed or came close to crossing the line. https://t.co/G2XGHBCovL

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Israeli soldiers share rare accounts from Gaza, describing ongoing killings despite the ceasefire.

Three Israeli soldiers spoke to The Associated Press, describing a sense of confusion and lack of clarity on the rules of engagement around the so-called yellow line.

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The soldiers say some commanders paid lip service to the ceasefire deal while privately voicing desire for the war to continue.

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The #Sudan war has left thousands missing & torn families apart. Many are buried in unmarked graves. People have been separated while fleeing, or gone missing during fighting. Others are quietly detained, leaving friends and relatives in agony trying to learn their fate.

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Honored to be part of the AP team awarded the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for our investigation into the use of U.S.-made mass surveillance tech in China, Gaza and around the world.

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Nearly 40% of Sudan’s hospitals no longer function. Many have been stripped for parts or used by armed groups as bases. https://t.co/81ewsjYUEC

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For three years, Dr. Jamal Eltaeb made excruciating choices. Who should live and potentially die? Should he operate without the right medicines if it might save someone’s life? How would he find fuel to keep the hospital’s lights on?

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He has seen the bodies behind the estimates of tens of thousands of people killed, and what it means — day to excruciating day — when the United Nations warns his country’s health system is near collapse.

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Aid groups are warning that the war in the Middle East has upended their ability to get food and medicine to millions of people around the world in need, and that the suffering will deepen if the violence continues.

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The World Food Program says it has tens of thousands of metric tons of food heavily delayed in transit. The IRC has $130,000 worth of pharmaceuticals intended for war-torn Sudan stranded in Dubai and nearly 670 boxes of therapeutic food stuck in India.