The situation worsened by the minute. And as it continued, media from all over the world braved the danger to get to the scene. And to keep the world updated with the full extent of the war, journalists braved the situation and even sacrificed their lives.
Bravely working in the midst of bombs and bullets
The most persistent information over the past day has come from reporters in the danger zone, working while hiding from bombs and bullets. These are not reporters who were a mile or two from the explosions. They were right next to buildings that had been hit by bombs or missiles.
Here's a clip of CNN's Clarissa Ward saying, "Forgive me, but I'm in a bit of a dingy position." She's lying in a ditch because, as she explains, "We just had a massive missile barrage coming at us, not too far from here." Here's a terrifying clip of how she got into that position.
“Gaza is in that direction,” Ward told viewers. “We can hear a lot of planes in the sky right now. We can also hear Iron Dome intercepting some of those missiles as they fly overhead and impact in that direction.”
“We came to this location because this was the starting point for the whole offensive. Hamas fighters came in a pickup truck. This is where they first breached that border wall,” she added.
Meanwhile, viewers also get to experience the exact sights and sounds of combat, as a journalist and his team are literally in a war zone in this jarring clip with NBC News’ Richard Engel. Mortars can be seen overhead and then gunfire can be heard nearby, shattering glass and sending up smoke and dust. Engel calls out to his team to “Stay put!” as they lie on the ground and huddle against a small wall.
Then there’s this clip from Fox News’ Trey Yingst, who has spent the last 72 hours avoiding bombings. In another nighttime scene , Yingst is on the job when a loudspeaker warns of another attack. He tells his colleagues, “Everybody get down. Get down. Everybody get down. Cover your heads. There’s more rockets coming now…”
In this clip , Yingst calmly and calmly reports on the missile being intercepted overhead.
In another clip , CBS News' Holly Williams and her crew scrambled for safety. She told CBS Mornings: “We were two miles from the Gaza border and we heard rockets coming in and our team had to take cover not too long ago… A lot of people are calling this Israel's 9/11 and it feels like it. Even in a country that's used to the threat of violence, people here are still in shock.”
“That tells you how close you were,” said ABC News' Matt Gutman, after sprinting to safety with his team during a bombing.
"They deserve our thanks and prayers"
CNN political commentator David Axelrod tweeted: “Watching CNN’s brave war correspondent @clarissaward and her team take cover under fire reminds us of the risks brave journalists take to cover stories like the horrific attack on Israel and its consequences for the world. They deserve our thanks and prayers.”
“CBS Mornings” host Tony Dokoupil said on air Monday that his two children and ex-wife were in Israel as the war raged.
“It’s hard,” he said. “I have an 11-year-old and a 14-year-old living in Israel. They’re safe. But as a father, I think people can understand that if someone, anyone, shoots a rocket at your child and doesn’t care if they get hit, you’re going to feel something.”
“I come here objectively as a journalist, but I am also a father… you cannot separate those two things at a certain point,” he added.
Hoang Hai (according to CNN, CBS, Poynter)
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