The invaluable McClatchy:

One week into Israel's most devastating and deadly military campaign in the Gaza Strip since 1967, Israeli military officals are defying an order from its high court directing the military to let reporters into cover the conflict.

After a protracted legal battle, Israel's high court issued its decision on Wednesday: Israel had to let at least a small number of reporters into Gaza any time it opened the crossing for humanitarian reasons.

Reporters who have been fighting to get into Gaza for two months thought the ruling would set the stage for some journalists to finally get inside.

On Friday, Israel opened the Erez crossing to let hundreds of foreigners living inside Gaza out. That meant that reporters should have been sent in.

A small group of journalists, including reporters from The New York Times, BBC, and the AP, packed their bags and headed to the Israel-Gaza border this morning.

They were supposed to be the first group of international reporters to cross the border to cover the conflict.

But the Israeli military officials in charge of the crossing sent the reporters home and said they were now too busy processing about 300 foreigners being allowed out of Gaza.

The decision means that the soonest that international reporters will get into Gaza is Sunday, by which point the Israeli military may have already launched a new ground offensive.

Surely "in bed with"-ing is a smarter strategy?

NOTE On the other hand, the Israeli military now has its own YouTube channel.