Israeli government officials confiscated equipment belonging to the Associated Press (AP) news agency and also cut off a live feed by journalists in southern Israel, citing a new law, the US agency said in a post on X. “The Associated Press decries in the strongest terms the actions of the Israeli government to shut down our longstanding live feed showing a view into Gaza and seize AP equipment,” the post on the social media platform said. “The shutdown was not based on the content of the feed but rather an abusive use by the Israeli government of the country’s new foreign broadcaster law,” AP…