the live cry of a Palestinian journalist after the death of a colleague

by time news

2023-11-03 23:17:19

The Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, with its massacre and unlimited cruelty, led to an intense attack by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip that claims hundreds of lives every day, and journalists are no exception. when counting deaths. One of them was a companion of Salman al-Bashir, who broke down during a live broadcast after the death of a colleague.

“We can’t take it anymore, we are exhausted”Salman al-Bashir, a journalist who works for the Palestinian Authority television channel, said on camera in front of a Gaza hospital where his colleague Mohammed Abu Hatab had just died, who was hit along with his family by an Israeli bombardment. .

Without managing to hold back his tears and before taking off his helmet and bulletproof vest that identifies him as a press worker, he declared: “Nobody sees usno one observes the magnitude of this catastrophe.”

“There is no international security, no immunity with these vests and these helmets, they are just hats that we wear. They do not protect journalists“, denounced the distraught chronicler.

The video of his live broadcast from outside the hospital in which Hatab and his family were declared dead went viral on social networks and was also shared by social media channels. Al Jazeera y Guardian.

The images also show how the Palestinian journalist who was interacting with Salman al-Bashir cried in the studio while her partner took off his protective vest and helmet and said that Hatab was alive only 30 minutes before going on air.

According to figures released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPI), Israel’s war against Hamas is the deadliest in recent decades for journalists.

At least 33 journalists have lost their lives since Octoberthe organization said on Thursday, including 28 Palestinians, four Israelis and one Lebanese.

With agency information

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