A Gaza Strip correspondent was forced to take evasive action in a terrifying moment on live TV.
A missile struck a Palestinian tower while she reported live coverage on the bloody conflict between Hamas and Israel, forcing the reporter to duck.
A terror attack by Hamas militants has resulted in the deaths of at least 600 people, including 20-year-old Brit Nathanel Young.
One of the air strikes launched by Israel as a response was fired into the populated city of Gaza while Al Jazeera journalist Youmna El Sayed gave live reaction.
A reporter was forced to take evasive action
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She spoke to viewers about the “barrage of rockets” being launched into the vicinity, before screaming as she quickly took cover.
The reporter then turns around to see the building’s remnants as smoke billowed from what is believed to be a residential area.
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The news presenter is heard calmly urging his colleague to “take cover”, before urging her to “get to safety”.
She fought back tears to defiantly state she is “OK”, adding, “that’s a missile attack on a Palestine tower, right in the middle of Gaza City.”
The presenter interjects by telling her to “take a moment to breathe”, before giving a description of the event which had just unfurled.
He said: “We have just witnessed live what an Israeli raid looks like on a populated area of Gaza city - what we believe is a residential building”.
Israel attacks: Hamas have bombarded the region with rockets leading to casualties and heavy damageGETTYWorld leaders have spoken out in support if Israel including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who said the UK is in full solidarity with the country after the “cowardly and depraved” attack.
Britain will co-ordinate support for the Middle Eastern country with international partners over the next 24 hours as it reels from a surprise onslaught by Hamas on Saturday, Sunak said.
Israel’s premier Benjamin Netanyahu said “we are at war” following the attack, and that the group would “pay a price that it hasn’t known until now” as he called up reservists.
Sunak wrote on social media: “As the barbarity of today’s atrocities becomes clearer, we stand unequivocally with Israel. This attack by Hamas is cowardly and depraved.
“We have expressed our full solidarity to @netanyahu and will work with international partners in the next 24 hours to co-ordinate support.”
Hamas caught Israel off-guard on Simchat Torah, a major holiday, with a show of force including the deployment of dozens of soldiers to the country’s heavily fortified border on Saturday.
The attack revived memories of the 1973 war almost 50 years to the day, in which Israel’s enemies launched a surprise attack on Yom Kippur.