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Busra al-Harir, Syria - 22 July 2025

1. U.N. vehicles lined up

2. Security forces pick-up truck

3. Various of ambulances going to Sweida

4. Various of buses and vehicles going to Sweida

5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Suleiman al-Akeedi, Fighter in support of Bedouins:

"If the government doesn’t seize control of Sweida we will stay here, we’ll stay tomorrow, and the day after, and the following day, and for a month’s time. We have so far respected the government and stayed outside of Sweida out of respect for the government’s decision. But we will not allow for our martyr’s blood to have been spilled in vein."

6. Various of U.N. vehicles

7. Ambulance driving by

8. Bus and U.N. vehicles waiting

STORYLINE:

The head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Mohammed Hazem Baqleh, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the situation in the city of Sweida was grim, particularly in the main hospital, where some 300 bodies piled up during the clashes. The city had been almost entirely cut off from supplies during the two-week fighting.

A Red Crescent team worked with the hospital’s forensics to document the dead and prepare them for burial, he said.

Baqleh said that with electricity and water largely cut off during the fighting, “there is a significant shortage of materials and a shortage of human resources” in the hospital.

“The markets, in general, were closed and services have almost completely stopped” during the fighting, he said.

The Red Crescent brought in one aid convoy on Sunday, the first to enter the city since the violence started, and prepare to send another on Wednesday carrying some 66 tons of flour, along with other foodstuffs, fuel and medical items, Baqleh said.

The group was registering names of civilians who want to leave the city to give them safe passage out on Wednesday, he said.

During the fighting, Red Crescent teams came under attack. One of their vehicles was shot at, and a warehouse burned down after being hit by shelling, he said.

Evacuation of Bedouin families from Druze-majority areas has already begun. Syrian state media on Sunday said the government had coordinated with officials in Sweida to bring buses to evacuate some 1,500 Bedouins. Many of them are now staying in crowded shelters in neighbouring Daraa province.

Some worried that the displacement will become permanent, a familiar scenario from the days of Syria’s civil war.

Human Rights Watch in a statement Tuesday said that “while officials have said the relocation is temporary, concerns remain that these families may be unable to safely return without clear guarantees.”

Sweida’s provincial governor, Mustafa al-Bakour, reiterated promises that the displacement will not be long term.

“There can be no permanent displacement in Syria,” he told AP. “Nobody will accept to leave the house his lives in and was raised in, except as a temporary solution until things calm down.”

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++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK FRAMES++

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Washington, DC - 22 July 2025

1. Wide cutaway U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and House Republican leaders at the podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:

"The president himself has said that he wants maximum transparency and all credible evidence to be turned over to the American public so that everyone can make their own decisions. We're owed that. And we want any individual who has been involved in any way in the Epstein evils to be brought to justice as quickly as possible. And that the law should be brought down upon their head. We"re unequivocal about that."

3. Cutaway

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:

"What we refuse to do is participate in another one of the Democrats' political games. This is a serious matter. We are not going to let them use this as a political battering ram. The rules committee became the ground for them to do that. We're not going to allow them to engage in that charade anymore. Why do I call it a charade? Because the Democrats are trying to play gotcha politics right now."

5. Cutaway

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:

"The House rules resolution sets a good standard, and requires all credible evidence to be released. And that's exactly where the White House is. As I've said many times over the last... As I said many times, there's no daylight between the White House and the House. You have to allow the legislation to ripen, and you also have to allow the administration the space to do what it is doing."

7. Cutaway

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:

"There's no purpose for Congress to push an administration to do something that they're already doing. And so, this is for political games. I'm very resolute on this. We can both call for full transparency and also protect victims, and if you run roughshod or you do it too quickly, that's not what happens. But I'm convinced that the DOJ is going to do their job, the administration's going to do their job, and we'll do our job."

9. Cutaway

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:

"But we're done being lectured on transparency by the same party that orchestrated one of the most shameless, dangerous political cover-ups in the history of this country or any government on the face of planet Earth. If the Democrats want to talk transparency, I'm happy to rewind the tape. 366 days ago, President Joe Biden was unceremoniously forced off the Democrat ticket. Everybody knows why."

++BLACK FRAMES++

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:

"And remember that the same Democrats who lied to us for years are now trying to convince you they stand for transparency. They participated in one of the greatest political scandals in all of history."

++BLACK FRAMES++

12. SOUNDBITE (Engl... [truncated]

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Archive: London - 5 December 2022

1. Liam Payne and Kate Cassidy arrive at The Fashion Awards

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Los Angeles - 16 July 2025

2. SOUNDBITE (English) AJ McLean, recording artist:

"I mean, you know, it sucks. It's been hard, but getting to watch some of the edits before the show aired and getting to see the real true him that the world gets to remember him for, which you'll see on this show, is just a beautiful thing. He really was a true gentleman. He was a light. He lit up every room that he walked into. He was fun. He was witty. Extremely talented. Him and I had a lot of parallels, even though we were a little bit different in age. I could be his dad. Maybe not that much, but he just... I don't know, we just clicked immediately. And we had worked together on, you know, things in the past, whether it was award shows or radio shows. You would cross paths, you would talk to everybody, and you know, the 1D guys always talked about us in certain interviews which we were honored, but to get to really know him the way that I personally did was incredible, and I'm really honored that we get to dedicate this show to him and to his family and to fans and for everyone to remember him for who he really was."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Archive: London - 21 November 2011

3. Wide of One Direction posing with CD

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Los Angeles - 16 July 2025

4. SOUNDBITE (English) AJ McLean and Kelly Rowland, recording artists:

AJ: "I mean, yes, it's definitely, it was a shock, obviously, but navigating and finding a way for us to press forward, because that is what I believe he would want us to do, both for his fans, for his family, and um..."

Kelly: "And for the groups. You think about like how much he was invested. Like he'd call afterwards and be like, you know, talk about like what just happened and how he wants to still be there to nurture them. You know what I mean? Like he was really dedicated to this. He absolutely loved every step of it."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Archive: London - 12 November 2017

5. Medium of Liam Payne

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Los Angeles - 16 July 2025

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly Rowland, recording artist:

"Oh my, he was just honest. He called everything out, you know what I mean? Before they saw it, before we saw it. He just had this really great intuition and also had fun with them and was very honest with them and would share tidbits and stories and anecdotes and everything because he had all the wit, all the wit. So yeah, we'd have that kind of moment with him. But it keeps being a down thing and it's more so like, we're so lucky to have had these moments with him, you know what I mean? His fans are really lucky to see this was his moment that he shined the most, you now? Or one of his many shining moments, but this was a really incredible one."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Archive: Makuhari, Japan - 3 November 2013

7. Medium shot, with pan, of Liam Payne with One Direction band mates on stage

ASSOC... [truncated]

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Washington, DC -22 July 2025

1. Mid of top House Democrats walking to lectern

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Ted Lieu, (D) California / House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair:

"Donald Trump promised that he was going to lower inflation on Day One. He lied. Inflation has continuously increased. The most recent report has inflation increasing above expectations to 2.7 percent. Core CPI increased even more to 2.9 percent. And what are Congressional Republicans doing? Nothing. In fact, it's even worse than that. They were actually ending this week early because they're afraid to cast votes on the Jeffrey Epstein issue. The Rules Committee is not meeting because they're afraid to cast votes to release the Epstein files. So you've got this Epstein issue affecting congressional operations and making sure that the congressional Republicans don't work on trying to lower costs. So this is an epic coverup, right? This is a coverup of epic proportions where you've the majority party literally having us leave Congress early and not having the Rules Committee meet because they don't wanna deal with releasing the Epsteine files."

3. Wide of top House Democrats at lectern

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Ted Lieu, (D) California / House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair

"This is an issue about underage women who were sexually abused and assaulted. Attorney General Pan Bondi should not be protecting Jeffrey Epstein's legacy. Nor his clients. Nor should congressional Republicans be doing the same."

5. Wide of top House Democrats at lectern

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Pete Aguilar, (D) California / House Democratic Caucus Chair:

"Donald Trump and his son, and his closest friends, spent years fanning the flame of this theory. And now we're holding them accountable. Do they want to protect the rich and the powerful? Or do they want the truth? Those are the questions that the Oversight Committee hopefully will get to the bottom of."

7. Wide of top House Democrats at lectern

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Pete Aguilar, (D) California / House Democratic Caucus Chair:

"Jeffrey Epstein was prosecuted under the Department of Justice, under Donald Trump. Then he leaves the White House, and his closest friends spend four years amplifying theories about the case. Put up or shut up. Follow through or don't follow through. But the American people want the truth to come out and Democrats are the ones leading the charge for that."

9. Garcia and other top Democrats walk away from lectern and exit

STORYLINE:

Top House Democrats are slamming their GOP colleagues in response to House Speaker Mike Johnson sending members home early for a month-long break from Washington.

Johnson's is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and it

comes as the week's legislative agenda was upended by Republican members who are clamoring for a vote.

Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, said Tuesday morning that he wants t... [truncated]

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Washington, DC - 22 July 2025

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"Well, we have a lot of meetings possible. President Xi has invited me to China, and we'll probably be doing that in the not-too-distant future. A little bit out, but not too distant. And I've been invited by a lot people. And we'll make those decisions pretty soon."

++WHITE FLASH++

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., Philippines President:

"There is no need in a sense to balance, as your characterizes, to balance our relationship between the United States and China, simply because our foreign policy is an independent one. And we are essentially concerned with the defense of our territory and the exercise of our sovereign rights. Now, whether we do this not alone, we need to do this with our partners. And again, our strongest partner has always been the United States. But of course, we are trying to form coalitions and multilateral relations so that we, those like-minded nations who share the same values as we do, who hew to international law, more specifically the UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), present that position very clearly to anyone who has intentions of unilaterally changing the world order. And that is how we are guided in that."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"And I don't mind if he gets along with China, because we're getting along with China very well. We have a very good relationship."

++WHITE FLASH++

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"And I don't mind if the president dealt with China, you know. That's meant because I think he has to do what's right for his country. I've always said, you know make the Philippines great again. Do whatever you need to do. But your dealing with China wouldn't bother me at all."

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., Philippines President:

"Well, now it is something that we have to do in any case, certainly."

STORYLINE:

U.S. President Donald Trump says he'll probably visit to China, “in the not too distant future.”

Answering questions in the Oval Office during a meeting with Philippines President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., Trump said his visiting of China might be “a little bit out. But not too distant.”

He said he’d been invited to by President Xi Jinping but added, “I've been invited by a lot of people, and we'll make those decisions soon."

The Philippines is a key American partner, particularly in the Pacific region when China has been expanding its influence.

Philippines President Marcos said his country was "essentially concerned with the defense of our territory and the exercise of our sovereign rights," and he said the U.S. was the Philippines' "strongest partner."

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Prague - 22 July 2025

1. Cathedral of St. Vitus and Charles Bridge

2. Close-up of the Cathedral of St. Vitus, which is part of Prague Castle

3. Scaffolding inside the Cathedral

4. Close-up of scaffolding

5. Man getting down from scaffolding

6. SOUNDBITE (Czech) Stepan Svoboda, organologist of the Prague Archdiocese:

++PARTLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 1-5/7-9++

"The instrument contains a total of about six thousand pipes, which were made in Mr. Grenzing's organ workshop and then gradually brought here and fitted into the organ as the instrument grew. Each pipe has to be made first, merged together, and then started or worked on by an organ intoner, who tunes the pipe and sounds it in two phases: the first is in the workshop, where they 'pre-tune' it, or set the basic parameters. But of course, the final setting of that sound has to be in the cathedral for this big space."

7. Various of organ pipes

8. Man on the scaffolding

9. Scaffolding inside the cathedral

STORYLINE:

The installation of a new organ at Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral is nearing completion, giving the 700-year-old biggest temple in the Czech Republic a proper instrument to accompany religious services and concerts.

An international team was working on a three-story scaffolding above the main entrance inside the cathedral on Tuesday to put in place some of the remaining pipes.

The work is scheduled to be complete in late August, followed by the voicing and tuning of the pipes through the end of the year.

"The instrument contains a total of about six thousand pipes, which were made in Mr. Grenzing's organ workshop and then gradually brought here and fitted into the organ as the instrument grew," said Stepan Svoboda, organologist of the Prague Archdiocese.

The public could hear the organ's first sounds on June 15 next year, the feast of St. Vitus, officials said.

The organ contains some 6,000 pipes, ranging in length 7 millimeters (0.28 inches) to 7 meters (23 feet).

The four-manual instrument was build in a workshop of Gerhard Grenzing in El Papiol near Barcelona in Spain.

The renowned German organ builder has constructed almost 140 organs and reconstructed more than 90 historical instruments in many countries.

Once completed in Spain, the new organ was disassembled and its parts were gradually transported to Prague on trucks.

The cathedral is linked to the Czech statehood.

It’s a place where the Czech kings were coronated and buried while the Czech crown jewels are stored inside.

The funeral Mass for Vaclav Havel, the Czech Republic's first president, was celebrated in the cathedral on Dec 23, 2011.

The previous organ was completed in the early 1930s, but turned out to be too small for its monumental space and frequently broke down.

There was no interest in fixing the organ during World War II and more than 40 years of communist rule.

Effort to build a new organ started in 2017, with a crowdfunding camp... [truncated]

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POOL

Washington, DC - 22 July 2025

++STARTS ON A SOUNDBITE++

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"I didn't know that they were going to do it. I don't really follow that too much. It's a, it's sort of a witch hunt, just a continuation of the witch hunt. The witch hunt that you should be talking about is they caught President Obama absolutely cold. Tulsi Gabbard. What they did to this country in 2016, starting in 2016 but going up, all the way going up to 2020 of the election, they tried to rig the election and they got caught. And there should be very severe consequences for that. You know, when we caught Hillary Clinton, I said, you know what, let's not, let's not go too far here. It's the ex-wife of a president, and I thought it was sort of terrible. And I let her off the hook, and I'm very happy I did. But it's time to start, after what they did to me and whether it's right or wrong, it's time to go after people. Obama's been caught directly. So people say, oh, you know, a group. It's not a group, it's Obama. His orders are on the paper. The papers are signed. The papers came right out of their office. They sent everything to be highly classified. Well, the highly classified has been released. And what they did in 2016 and in 2020 is very criminal. It's criminal at the highest level. So that's really the things you should be talking about."

2. UPSOUND (English) Reporter question:

"May I ask you about that Mr. President? Tulsi Gabbard has submitted a criminal referral to the Department of Justice. From your perspective, who should the DOJ target as part of their investigation? What specific figures in the Obama administration?"

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"Well, based on what I read, and I read pretty much what you read, it would be President Obama. He started it. And Biden was there with him, and (Former FBI Director James) Comey was there, and (Former DNI Director James) Clapper, the whole group was there. (Former CIA Director John) Brennan, they were all there in a room. Right here. This was the room. This is much more beautiful than it was then, but that's okay."

4. Cutaway of reporters

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"But you know what? If you look at those papers, they have them stone cold. And it was President Obama. It wasn't lots of people all over the place. It was them, too. But the leader of the gang was President Obama, Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of him? And except for the fact that he gets shielded by the press for his entire life, that's the one they... Look, he's guilty. It's not a question. You know, I like to say... Let's give it time. It's there. He's guilty. They — this was treason. This was every word you can think of. They tried to steal the election. They tried obfuscate the election, they did things that nobody's ever even imagined, even in other countries. You've seen some pretty rough countries. ... [truncated]

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++SHOTS OF MEETING ARE MUTE AT SOURCE++

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Fall River, Massachusetts -- 22 July 2025

1. Various of Gabriel House, memorial outside

2. Wide of group walking into news conference

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Maura Healey, (D) Massachusetts:

"I'm announcing that I'm making $1.2 million in state funding available for Fall River to hire more emergency response personnel. I've instructed my team to expedite the release of funds in the municipal public safety staffing program. This $5.7 million in funding for that program is for police and fire."

4. Zoom in at meeting before news conference ++MUTE AT SOURCE++

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Maura Healey, (D) Massachusetts:

"We are here today to listen, to make sure that we understand what this community needs now and moving forward in the wake of this tragedy. We're also here to discuss what we're doing as a state to ensure that tragedies like this don't happen again."

6. Zoom in at meeting before news conference ++MUTE AT SOURCE++

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Maura Healey, (D) Massachusetts answering question from reporter:

REPORTER: "Governor, are you now acknowledging that the city did not have enough resources last week by allocating more money?"

GOVERNOR: "Absolutely not. What I'm doing is underscoring what has always been my commitment to first responders, to public safety."

8. Various of memorial outside Gabriel House

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Bacon, Fall River Fire Chief:

"So we've committed, as of last week, to staffing all of our engine companies with four firefighters. And that funding is going to help us provide that in the short term through overtime and to start coming up with a financial model to hire sufficient firefighters to not have that reliance on overtime and staff the department properly."

10. Various of memorial outside Gabriel House

11. Group walking away from podium after news conference

STORYLINE:

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey says the state will provide money to improve public safety staffing in Fall River, the after meeting with city officials about the response to a fire at an assisted-living facility that killed 10 people.

The July 13 fire at Gabriel House in the city about 50 miles south of Boston remains under investigation. The blaze left some residents hanging out windows of the three-story facility screaming for help.

Members of the local firefighter’s union have said lack of emergency personnel staffing in the city made responding to the blaze more difficult, and made the fire itself deadlier.

Healey said Tuesday the state is releasing $1.2 million for Fall River to hire more emergency response personnel.

AP video shot by Rodrique Ngowi

Production: Carrie Antlfinger

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++ CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE - CORRECTION IN STORYLINE TO CLARIFY THAT FAMINE DECLARATIONS ARE MADE WHEN ALL THREE IPC CONDITIONS ARE MET++

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 22 July 2025

1. Various of displaced people with pots waiting to get cooked food

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tel Aviv, Israel - 22 July 2025

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Mednick, The Associated Press:

++PARTLY OVERLAID WITH SHOTS 1/3++

"United Nations officials, aid agencies and experts have been warning for months that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine. The United Nations says that the hunger crisis is at astonishingly new levels of desperation. Yet despite the mounting concern, no formal famine declaration has been made. Here's why. To make a famine declaration certain thresholds need to be met, such as a certain percentage of households need to be facing extreme food insecurity, a percentage of children needs to be facing malnutrition or wasting and a percentage of people need to be dying daily from starvation or malnutrition mixed with disease. The war in Gaza has made access incredibly hard. It's hard to collect that data and information. Health officials also say that it's hard to say that someone died from hunger. There's no formal way to say someone died from starvation instead of disease. Aid agencies and Palestinians say the situation is absolutely dire. People in Gaza say they have nothing to eat. They say that once a famine declaration is made, it's already too late."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 22 July 2025

3. Various of displaced people with pots waiting to get cooked food

STORYLINE:

For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are on the brink of famine without formally declaring one.

Even though Israel eased a 2 1/2-month blockade on the territory in May, aid groups say only a trickle of assistance is getting into the enclave and that Palestinians face catastrophic levels of hunger 21 months into the Israeli offensive launched after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.

Hundreds have been killed by Israeli forces as they try to reach aid sites or convoys, according to witnesses, health officials and the United Nations' human rights office. The military says it has only fired warning shots.

Despite the mounting desperation, there's been no formal declaration of famine.

Gaza’s population of roughly 2 million Palestinians relies almost entirely on outside aid.

Israel's offensive has wiped out what was already limited local food production.

Israel's blockade, along with ongoing fighting and chaos inside the territory, has further limited people's access to food.

The U.N. World Food Program says Gaza’s hunger crisis has reached “new and astonishing levels of desperation."

Nearly 100,000 women and children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, and a third of Gaza’s population is going days without eating, Ross Smith, the agency’s direct... [truncated]

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++ CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE - CORRECTION IN STORYLINE TO CLARIFY THAT FAMINE DECLARATIONS ARE MADE WHEN ALL THREE IPC CONDITIONS ARE MET++

In a story published July 22, 2025, about hunger in Gaza, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the leading international authority on food crises rates an area as in famine when two out of three of its conditions are met. An area is in famine when all three of the Integrated Food Security Phase

++STARTS ON SOUNDBITE++

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Tel Aviv, Israel - 22 July 2025

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Mednick, The Associated Press:

"United Nations officials, aid agencies and experts have been warning for months that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine. The United Nations says that the hunger crisis is at astonishingly new levels of desperation. Yet despite the mounting concern, no formal famine declaration has been made. Here's why. To make a famine declaration certain thresholds need to be met, such as a certain percentage of households need to be facing extreme food insecurity, a percentage of children need to be facing malnutrition or wasting and a percentage of people need to be dying daily from starvation or malnutrition mixed with disease."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 22 July 2025

2. Various of children waiting for cooked food

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tel Aviv, Israel - 22 July 2025

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Mednick, The Associated Press:

"The war in Gaza has made access incredibly hard. It's hard to collect that data and information. Health officials also say that it's hard to say that someone died from hunger. There's no formal way to say someone died from starvation instead of disease."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 22 July 2025

4. Various of displaced children carrying pots and waiting to get cooked food

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tel Aviv, Israel - 22 July 2025

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sam Mednick, The Associated Press:

"Aid agencies and Palestinians say the situation is absolutely dire. People in Gaza say they have nothing to eat. They say that once a famine declaration is made, it's already too late."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 22 July 2025

6. Woman pours food for her family inside their tent, family eating liquid food

STORYLINE:

For months, U.N. officials, aid groups and experts have warned that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are on the brink of famine without formally declaring one.

Even though Israel eased a 2 1/2-month blockade on the territory in May, aid groups say only a trickle of assistance is getting into the enclave and that Palestinians face catastrophic levels of hunger 21 months into the Israeli offensive launched after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.

Hundreds have been killed by Israeli forces as they try to reach aid sites or convoys, according to witnesses, health officials and the United Nations' human rights office. The military says it has only fired warning shots.

Despite the mounting desperat... [truncated]

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